• May / Rebecca Hey

    From George J. Dance@21:1/5 to All on Sat May 14 11:12:45 2022
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    Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog
    May, by Rebecca Hey

    The clouds "have wept their fill" the whole night long,
    And what a change is wrought! But yesterday,
    We look'd around, and scarce could deem that May,
    The poet's theme,— the month of flowers and song,—
    Could do her own sweet lineaments such wrong
    [...]

    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-rebecca-hey.html

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  • From General-Zod@21:1/5 to George J. Dance on Mon May 16 20:22:59 2022
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    George J. Dance wrote:

    Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog
    May, by Rebecca Hey

    The clouds "have wept their fill" the whole night long,
    And what a change is wrought! But yesterday,
    We look'd around, and scarce could deem that May,
    The poet's theme,— the month of flowers and song,—
    Could do her own sweet lineaments such wrong
    [...]

    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-rebecca-hey.html

    Thanks G.D

    I am a major fan of Rebecca Hey....

    ************************************************************************

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Hey

    Rebecca Hey (née Roberts), also known as Mrs Hey, (1797–1859) was an English botanical artist and poet.

    Biography
    Rebecca Hey was born in Leeds and baptised at St. Peter on 21 April 1797. She was the third daughter of merchant Thomas Roberts and Esther Lucy.[1] She married William Hey III (1796-1875) in 1821.[2] He was an apothecary-surgeon, who became principal
    surgeon at Leeds General Infirmary in 1830, and with other medical practitioners set up the Leeds School of Medicine in 1831.[3] William Hey was one of the original 300 Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1843.[4]


    Plate from Sylvan Musings; or The Spirit of the Woods by Rebecca Hey (1837) Rebecca Hey's first book was called The Moral of Flowers, which was an encyclopaedia of English flowers. Each article was written by her and was preceded by a colour engraving of a painting of the flower by artist William Clark, former draughtsman and
    engraver of the London Horticultural Society.[5] In the preface Hey credits the authors Sir J. E. Smith and Mr Drummond for the botanical information included in the descriptions.[6] Moral of Flowers focuses on flower poems that convey religious and
    moral messages, with a modest amount of botanical information including flowers' scientific names. Hey’s purpose is to “draw such a moral from each flower that is introduced as its appearance, habits, or properties might be supposed to suggest".[7]
    The book was popular and was reprinted in 1835 and 1849.[8]

    Hey's next book was an encyclopaedia of trees, this time using her own paintings as well as her poems. Her works were originally published anonymously.[9]

    Her final publication Holy Places, and Other Poems focused more on religion and the proceeds from the book went to Special Missions in India

    Selected Works
    The Moral of Flowers (London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, 1833)[11]

    Sylvan Musings; or The Spirit of the Woods (London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1837)[12]

    Recollections of the Lakes, and Other Poems (London: Tilt & Bogue, 1841)[13]

    Holy Places, and Other Poems (London: J. Hatchard, 1859)

    ***********************************************************************

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  • From George J. Dance@21:1/5 to General-Zod on Mon May 16 23:39:58 2022
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    On 2022-05-16 4:22 p.m., General-Zod wrote:
    George J. Dance wrote:

    Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog
    May, by Rebecca Hey

    The clouds "have wept their fill" the whole night long,
    And what a change is wrought! But yesterday,
    We look'd around, and scarce could deem that May,
    The poet's theme,— the month of flowers and song,—
    Could do her own sweet lineaments such wrong
    [...]

    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-rebecca-hey.html

    Thanks G.D

    I am a major fan of Rebecca Hey....

    ************************************************************************

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Hey

    Rebecca Hey (née Roberts), also known as Mrs Hey, (1797–1859) was an English botanical artist and poet.

    Biography
    Rebecca Hey was born in Leeds and baptised at St. Peter on 21 April
    1797. She was the third daughter of merchant Thomas Roberts and Esther Lucy.[1] She married William Hey III (1796-1875) in 1821.[2] He was an apothecary-surgeon, who became principal surgeon at Leeds General
    Infirmary in 1830, and with other medical practitioners set up the Leeds School of Medicine in 1831.[3] William Hey was one of the original 300 Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1843.[4]


    Plate from Sylvan Musings; or The Spirit of the Woods by Rebecca Hey (1837) Rebecca Hey's first book was called The Moral of Flowers, which was an encyclopaedia of English flowers. Each article was written by her and
    was preceded by a colour engraving of a painting of the flower by artist William Clark, former draughtsman and engraver of the London
    Horticultural Society.[5] In the preface Hey credits the authors Sir J.
    E. Smith and Mr Drummond for the botanical information included in the descriptions.[6] Moral of Flowers focuses on flower poems that convey religious and moral messages, with a modest amount of botanical
    information including flowers' scientific names. Hey’s purpose is to “draw such a moral from each flower that is introduced as its
    appearance, habits, or properties might be supposed to suggest".[7] The
    book was popular and was reprinted in 1835 and 1849.[8]

    Hey's next book was an encyclopaedia of trees, this time using her own paintings as well as her poems. Her works were originally published anonymously.[9]

    Her final publication Holy Places, and Other Poems focused more on
    religion and the proceeds from the book went to Special Missions in India

    Selected Works
    The Moral of Flowers (London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green &
    Longman, 1833)[11]

    Sylvan Musings; or The Spirit of the Woods (London: Longman, Brown,
    Green & Longmans, 1837)[12]

    Recollections of the Lakes, and Other Poems (London: Tilt & Bogue,
    1841)[13]

    Holy Places, and Other Poems (London: J. Hatchard, 1859)

    ***********************************************************************

    Thanks, Zod. This is new: Rebecca Hey finally has an article on
    Wikipedia. I can see from the history that it went up in Nov. '21, 2
    years after mine, but it already has information that mine doesn't.
    That's to be expected -- there are 6 different Wikiproject groups
    collaborating on that article, vs one person working on mine -- and
    reading it can only improve mine, since all their info is licensed for
    use.

    It's good to see Hey get that level of recognition. Many more people
    will find out about her there than via PPP, and some of them at least
    will search for her poems and find her calendar of sonnets on PPB.

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  • From General-Zod@21:1/5 to George J. Dance on Wed May 18 19:49:53 2022
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    George J. Dance wrote:

    On 2022-05-16 4:22 p.m., General-Zod wrote:
    George J. Dance wrote:

    Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog
    May, by Rebecca Hey

    The clouds "have wept their fill" the whole night long,
    And what a change is wrought! But yesterday,
    We look'd around, and scarce could deem that May,
    The poet's theme,— the month of flowers and song,—
    Could do her own sweet lineaments such wrong
    [...]

    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-rebecca-hey.html

    Thanks G.D

    I am a major fan of Rebecca Hey....

    ************************************************************************

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Hey

    Rebecca Hey (née Roberts), also known as Mrs Hey, (1797–1859) was an
    English botanical artist and poet.

    Biography
    Rebecca Hey was born in Leeds and baptised at St. Peter on 21 April
    1797. She was the third daughter of merchant Thomas Roberts and Esther
    Lucy.[1] She married William Hey III (1796-1875) in 1821.[2] He was an
    apothecary-surgeon, who became principal surgeon at Leeds General
    Infirmary in 1830, and with other medical practitioners set up the Leeds
    School of Medicine in 1831.[3] William Hey was one of the original 300
    Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1843.[4]


    Plate from Sylvan Musings; or The Spirit of the Woods by Rebecca Hey (1837) >> Rebecca Hey's first book was called The Moral of Flowers, which was an
    encyclopaedia of English flowers. Each article was written by her and
    was preceded by a colour engraving of a painting of the flower by artist
    William Clark, former draughtsman and engraver of the London
    Horticultural Society.[5] In the preface Hey credits the authors Sir J.
    E. Smith and Mr Drummond for the botanical information included in the
    descriptions.[6] Moral of Flowers focuses on flower poems that convey
    religious and moral messages, with a modest amount of botanical
    information including flowers' scientific names. Hey’s purpose is to
    “draw such a moral from each flower that is introduced as its
    appearance, habits, or properties might be supposed to suggest".[7] The
    book was popular and was reprinted in 1835 and 1849.[8]

    Hey's next book was an encyclopaedia of trees, this time using her own
    paintings as well as her poems. Her works were originally published
    anonymously.[9]

    Her final publication Holy Places, and Other Poems focused more on
    religion and the proceeds from the book went to Special Missions in India

    Selected Works
    The Moral of Flowers (London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green &
    Longman, 1833)[11]

    Sylvan Musings; or The Spirit of the Woods (London: Longman, Brown,
    Green & Longmans, 1837)[12]

    Recollections of the Lakes, and Other Poems (London: Tilt & Bogue,
    1841)[13]

    Holy Places, and Other Poems (London: J. Hatchard, 1859)

    ***********************************************************************

    Thanks, Zod. This is new: Rebecca Hey finally has an article on
    Wikipedia. I can see from the history that it went up in Nov. '21, 2
    years after mine, but it already has information that mine doesn't.
    That's to be expected -- there are 6 different Wikiproject groups collaborating on that article, vs one person working on mine -- and
    reading it can only improve mine, since all their info is licensed for
    use.

    It's good to see Hey get that level of recognition. Many more people
    will find out about her there than via PPP, and some of them at least
    will search for her poems and find her calendar of sonnets on PPB.


    Cool... cool....

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  • From General-Zod@21:1/5 to Will Dockery on Sun May 22 19:45:11 2022
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    Will Dockery wrote:

    On Monday, May 16, 2022 at 4:25:15 PM UTC-4, Zod wrote:
    George J. Dance wrote:

    Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog
    May, by Rebecca Hey

    The clouds "have wept their fill" the whole night long,
    And what a change is wrought! But yesterday,
    We look'd around, and scarce could deem that May,
    The poet's theme,— the month of flowers and song,—
    Could do her own sweet lineaments such wrong
    [...]

    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-rebecca-hey.html
    Thanks G.D

    I am a major fan of Rebecca Hey....

    ************************************************************************

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Hey

    Rebecca Hey (née Roberts), also known as Mrs Hey, (1797–1859) was an English botanical artist and poet.

    Biography
    Rebecca Hey was born in Leeds and baptised at St. Peter on 21 April 1797. She was the third daughter of merchant Thomas Roberts and Esther Lucy.[1] She married William Hey III (1796-1875) in 1821.[2] He was an apothecary-surgeon, who became principal
    surgeon at Leeds General Infirmary in 1830, and with other medical practitioners set up the Leeds School of Medicine in 1831.[3] William Hey was one of the original 300 Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1843.[4]


    Plate from Sylvan Musings; or The Spirit of the Woods by Rebecca Hey (1837) >> Rebecca Hey's first book was called The Moral of Flowers, which was an encyclopaedia of English flowers. Each article was written by her and was preceded by a colour engraving of a painting of the flower by artist William Clark, former draughtsman and
    engraver of the London Horticultural Society.[5] In the preface Hey credits the authors Sir J. E. Smith and Mr Drummond for the botanical information included in the descriptions.[6] Moral of Flowers focuses on flower poems that convey religious and
    moral messages, with a modest amount of botanical information including flowers' scientific names. Hey’s purpose is to “draw such a moral from each flower that is introduced as its appearance, habits, or properties might be supposed to suggest".[7]
    The book was popular and was reprinted in 1835 and 1849.[8]

    Hey's next book was an encyclopaedia of trees, this time using her own paintings as well as her poems. Her works were originally published anonymously.[9]

    Her final publication Holy Places, and Other Poems focused more on religion and the proceeds from the book went to Special Missions in India

    Selected Works
    The Moral of Flowers (London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, 1833)[11]

    Sylvan Musings; or The Spirit of the Woods (London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1837)[12]

    Recollections of the Lakes, and Other Poems (London: Tilt & Bogue, 1841)[13] >>
    Holy Places, and Other Poems (London: J. Hatchard, 1859)

    ***********************************************************************

    Interesting to read the background of this poet.

    Quite so...

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  • From W.Dockery@21:1/5 to General-Zod on Sun May 29 22:33:09 2022
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    General-Zod wrote:

    George J. Dance wrote:

    Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog
    May, by Rebecca Hey

    The clouds "have wept their fill" the whole night long,
    And what a change is wrought! But yesterday,
    We look'd around, and scarce could deem that May,
    The poet's theme,— the month of flowers and song,—
    Could do her own sweet lineaments such wrong
    [...]

    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-rebecca-hey.html

    Thanks G.D

    I am a major fan of Rebecca Hey....

    ************************************************************************

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Hey

    Rebecca Hey (née Roberts), also known as Mrs Hey, (1797–1859) was an English botanical artist and poet.

    Biography
    Rebecca Hey was born in Leeds and baptised at St. Peter on 21 April 1797. She was the third daughter of merchant Thomas Roberts and Esther Lucy.[1] She married William Hey III (1796-1875) in 1821.[2] He was an apothecary-surgeon, who became principal
    surgeon at Leeds General Infirmary in 1830, and with other medical practitioners set up the Leeds School of Medicine in 1831.[3] William Hey was one of the original 300 Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1843.[4]


    Plate from Sylvan Musings; or The Spirit of the Woods by Rebecca Hey (1837) Rebecca Hey's first book was called The Moral of Flowers, which was an encyclopaedia of English flowers. Each article was written by her and was preceded by a colour engraving of a painting of the flower by artist William Clark, former draughtsman and
    engraver of the London Horticultural Society.[5] In the preface Hey credits the authors Sir J. E. Smith and Mr Drummond for the botanical information included in the descriptions.[6] Moral of Flowers focuses on flower poems that convey religious and
    moral messages, with a modest amount of botanical information including flowers' scientific names. Hey’s purpose is to “draw such a moral from each flower that is introduced as its appearance, habits, or properties might be supposed to suggest".[7]
    The book was popular and was reprinted in 1835 and 1849.[8]

    Hey's next book was an encyclopaedia of trees, this time using her own paintings as well as her poems. Her works were originally published anonymously.[9]

    Her final publication Holy Places, and Other Poems focused more on religion and the proceeds from the book went to Special Missions in India

    Selected Works
    The Moral of Flowers (London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, 1833)[11]

    Sylvan Musings; or The Spirit of the Woods (London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1837)[12]

    Recollections of the Lakes, and Other Poems (London: Tilt & Bogue, 1841)[13]

    Holy Places, and Other Poems (London: J. Hatchard, 1859)

    ***********************************************************************

    Good find, Zod.

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  • From W-Dockery@21:1/5 to George J. Dance on Mon May 30 04:43:44 2022
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    George J. Dance wrote:

    On 2022-05-16 4:22 p.m., General-Zod wrote:
    George J. Dance wrote:

    Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog
    May, by Rebecca Hey

    The clouds "have wept their fill" the whole night long,
    And what a change is wrought! But yesterday,
    We look'd around, and scarce could deem that May,
    The poet's theme,— the month of flowers and song,—
    Could do her own sweet lineaments such wrong
    [...]

    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-rebecca-hey.html

    Thanks G.D

    I am a major fan of Rebecca Hey....

    ************************************************************************

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Hey

    Rebecca Hey (née Roberts), also known as Mrs Hey, (1797–1859) was an
    English botanical artist and poet.

    Biography
    Rebecca Hey was born in Leeds and baptised at St. Peter on 21 April
    1797. She was the third daughter of merchant Thomas Roberts and Esther
    Lucy.[1] She married William Hey III (1796-1875) in 1821.[2] He was an
    apothecary-surgeon, who became principal surgeon at Leeds General
    Infirmary in 1830, and with other medical practitioners set up the Leeds
    School of Medicine in 1831.[3] William Hey was one of the original 300
    Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1843.[4]


    Plate from Sylvan Musings; or The Spirit of the Woods by Rebecca Hey (1837) >> Rebecca Hey's first book was called The Moral of Flowers, which was an
    encyclopaedia of English flowers. Each article was written by her and
    was preceded by a colour engraving of a painting of the flower by artist
    William Clark, former draughtsman and engraver of the London
    Horticultural Society.[5] In the preface Hey credits the authors Sir J.
    E. Smith and Mr Drummond for the botanical information included in the
    descriptions.[6] Moral of Flowers focuses on flower poems that convey
    religious and moral messages, with a modest amount of botanical
    information including flowers' scientific names. Hey’s purpose is to
    “draw such a moral from each flower that is introduced as its
    appearance, habits, or properties might be supposed to suggest".[7] The
    book was popular and was reprinted in 1835 and 1849.[8]

    Hey's next book was an encyclopaedia of trees, this time using her own
    paintings as well as her poems. Her works were originally published
    anonymously.[9]

    Her final publication Holy Places, and Other Poems focused more on
    religion and the proceeds from the book went to Special Missions in India

    Selected Works
    The Moral of Flowers (London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green &
    Longman, 1833)[11]

    Sylvan Musings; or The Spirit of the Woods (London: Longman, Brown,
    Green & Longmans, 1837)[12]

    Recollections of the Lakes, and Other Poems (London: Tilt & Bogue,
    1841)[13]

    Holy Places, and Other Poems (London: J. Hatchard, 1859)

    ***********************************************************************

    Thanks, Zod. This is new: Rebecca Hey finally has an article on
    Wikipedia. I can see from the history that it went up in Nov. '21, 2
    years after mine, but it already has information that mine doesn't.
    That's to be expected -- there are 6 different Wikiproject groups collaborating on that article, vs one person working on mine -- and
    reading it can only improve mine, since all their info is licensed for
    use.

    It's good to see Hey get that level of recognition. Many more people
    will find out about her there than via PPP, and some of them at least
    will search for her poems and find her calendar of sonnets on PPB.


    Glad she's finally finding a larger audience.

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  • From General-Zod@21:1/5 to Will Dockery on Tue May 31 21:44:43 2022
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    Will Dockery wrote:

    General-Zod wrote:

    George J. Dance wrote:

    Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog
    May, by Rebecca Hey

    The clouds "have wept their fill" the whole night long,
    And what a change is wrought! But yesterday,
    We look'd around, and scarce could deem that May,
    The poet's theme,— the month of flowers and song,—
    Could do her own sweet lineaments such wrong
    [...]

    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-rebecca-hey.html

    Thanks G.D

    I am a major fan of Rebecca Hey....

    ************************************************************************

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Hey

    Rebecca Hey (née Roberts), also known as Mrs Hey, (1797–1859) was an English botanical artist and poet.

    Biography
    Rebecca Hey was born in Leeds and baptised at St. Peter on 21 April 1797. She was the third daughter of merchant Thomas Roberts and Esther Lucy.[1] She married William Hey III (1796-1875) in 1821.[2] He was an apothecary-surgeon, who became principal
    surgeon at Leeds General Infirmary in 1830, and with other medical practitioners set up the Leeds School of Medicine in 1831.[3] William Hey was one of the original 300 Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1843.[4]


    Plate from Sylvan Musings; or The Spirit of the Woods by Rebecca Hey (1837) >> Rebecca Hey's first book was called The Moral of Flowers, which was an encyclopaedia of English flowers. Each article was written by her and was preceded by a colour engraving of a painting of the flower by artist William Clark, former draughtsman and
    engraver of the London Horticultural Society.[5] In the preface Hey credits the authors Sir J. E. Smith and Mr Drummond for the botanical information included in the descriptions.[6] Moral of Flowers focuses on flower poems that convey religious and
    moral messages, with a modest amount of botanical information including flowers' scientific names. Hey’s purpose is to “draw such a moral from each flower that is introduced as its appearance, habits, or properties might be supposed to suggest".[7]
    The book was popular and was reprinted in 1835 and 1849.[8]

    Hey's next book was an encyclopaedia of trees, this time using her own paintings as well as her poems. Her works were originally published anonymously.[9]

    Her final publication Holy Places, and Other Poems focused more on religion and the proceeds from the book went to Special Missions in India

    Selected Works
    The Moral of Flowers (London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, 1833)[11]

    Sylvan Musings; or The Spirit of the Woods (London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1837)[12]

    Recollections of the Lakes, and Other Poems (London: Tilt & Bogue, 1841)[13]

    Holy Places, and Other Poems (London: J. Hatchard, 1859)

    ***********************************************************************

    Good find, Zod.


    Cool, cool.....

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  • From W-Dockery@21:1/5 to General-Zod on Wed Jun 1 16:17:30 2022
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    General-Zod wrote:

    Will Dockery wrote:

    General-Zod wrote:

    George J. Dance wrote:

    Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog
    May, by Rebecca Hey

    The clouds "have wept their fill" the whole night long,
    And what a change is wrought! But yesterday,
    We look'd around, and scarce could deem that May,
    The poet's theme,— the month of flowers and song,—
    Could do her own sweet lineaments such wrong
    [...]

    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-rebecca-hey.html

    Thanks G.D

    I am a major fan of Rebecca Hey....

    ************************************************************************

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Hey

    Rebecca Hey (née Roberts), also known as Mrs Hey, (1797–1859) was an English botanical artist and poet.

    Biography
    Rebecca Hey was born in Leeds and baptised at St. Peter on 21 April 1797. She was the third daughter of merchant Thomas Roberts and Esther Lucy.[1] She married William Hey III (1796-1875) in 1821.[2] He was an apothecary-surgeon, who became principal
    surgeon at Leeds General Infirmary in 1830, and with other medical practitioners set up the Leeds School of Medicine in 1831.[3] William Hey was one of the original 300 Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1843.[4]


    Plate from Sylvan Musings; or The Spirit of the Woods by Rebecca Hey (1837) >>> Rebecca Hey's first book was called The Moral of Flowers, which was an encyclopaedia of English flowers. Each article was written by her and was preceded by a colour engraving of a painting of the flower by artist William Clark, former draughtsman
    and engraver of the London Horticultural Society.[5] In the preface Hey credits the authors Sir J. E. Smith and Mr Drummond for the botanical information included in the descriptions.[6] Moral of Flowers focuses on flower poems that convey religious and
    moral messages, with a modest amount of botanical information including flowers' scientific names. Hey’s purpose is to “draw such a moral from each flower that is introduced as its appearance, habits, or properties might be supposed to suggest".[7]
    The book was popular and was reprinted in 1835 and 1849.[8]

    Hey's next book was an encyclopaedia of trees, this time using her own paintings as well as her poems. Her works were originally published anonymously.[9]

    Her final publication Holy Places, and Other Poems focused more on religion and the proceeds from the book went to Special Missions in India

    Selected Works
    The Moral of Flowers (London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, 1833)[11]

    Sylvan Musings; or The Spirit of the Woods (London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1837)[12]

    Recollections of the Lakes, and Other Poems (London: Tilt & Bogue, 1841)[13]

    Holy Places, and Other Poems (London: J. Hatchard, 1859)

    ***********************************************************************

    Good find, Zod.


    Cool, cool.....


    Good afternoon, my friend, and again, agreed.

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  • From General-Zod@21:1/5 to George J. Dance on Wed Jun 1 18:51:10 2022
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    George J. Dance wrote:

    On 2022-05-16 4:22 p.m., General-Zod wrote:
    George J. Dance wrote:

    Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog
    May, by Rebecca Hey

    The clouds "have wept their fill" the whole night long,
    And what a change is wrought! But yesterday,
    We look'd around, and scarce could deem that May,
    The poet's theme,— the month of flowers and song,—
    Could do her own sweet lineaments such wrong
    [...]

    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-rebecca-hey.html

    Thanks G.D

    I am a major fan of Rebecca Hey....

    ************************************************************************

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Hey

    Rebecca Hey (née Roberts), also known as Mrs Hey, (1797–1859) was an
    English botanical artist and poet.

    Biography
    Rebecca Hey was born in Leeds and baptised at St. Peter on 21 April
    1797. She was the third daughter of merchant Thomas Roberts and Esther
    Lucy.[1] She married William Hey III (1796-1875) in 1821.[2] He was an
    apothecary-surgeon, who became principal surgeon at Leeds General
    Infirmary in 1830, and with other medical practitioners set up the Leeds
    School of Medicine in 1831.[3] William Hey was one of the original 300
    Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1843.[4]


    Plate from Sylvan Musings; or The Spirit of the Woods by Rebecca Hey (1837) >> Rebecca Hey's first book was called The Moral of Flowers, which was an
    encyclopaedia of English flowers. Each article was written by her and
    was preceded by a colour engraving of a painting of the flower by artist
    William Clark, former draughtsman and engraver of the London
    Horticultural Society.[5] In the preface Hey credits the authors Sir J.
    E. Smith and Mr Drummond for the botanical information included in the
    descriptions.[6] Moral of Flowers focuses on flower poems that convey
    religious and moral messages, with a modest amount of botanical
    information including flowers' scientific names. Hey’s purpose is to
    “draw such a moral from each flower that is introduced as its
    appearance, habits, or properties might be supposed to suggest".[7] The
    book was popular and was reprinted in 1835 and 1849.[8]

    Hey's next book was an encyclopaedia of trees, this time using her own
    paintings as well as her poems. Her works were originally published
    anonymously.[9]

    Her final publication Holy Places, and Other Poems focused more on
    religion and the proceeds from the book went to Special Missions in India

    Selected Works
    The Moral of Flowers (London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green &
    Longman, 1833)[11]

    Sylvan Musings; or The Spirit of the Woods (London: Longman, Brown,
    Green & Longmans, 1837)[12]

    Recollections of the Lakes, and Other Poems (London: Tilt & Bogue,
    1841)[13]

    Holy Places, and Other Poems (London: J. Hatchard, 1859)

    ***********************************************************************

    Thanks, Zod. This is new: Rebecca Hey finally has an article on
    Wikipedia. I can see from the history that it went up in Nov. '21, 2
    years after mine, but it already has information that mine doesn't.
    That's to be expected -- there are 6 different Wikiproject groups collaborating on that article, vs one person working on mine -- and
    reading it can only improve mine, since all their info is licensed for
    use.

    It's good to see Hey get that level of recognition. Many more people
    will find out about her there than via PPP, and some of them at least
    will search for her poems and find her calendar of sonnets on PPB.


    Mrs. Hey is quite deserving of being better known....

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  • From W-Dockery@21:1/5 to General-Zod on Thu Jun 2 06:13:57 2022
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    General-Zod wrote:

    George J. Dance wrote:

    On 2022-05-16 4:22 p.m., General-Zod wrote:
    George J. Dance wrote:

    Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog
    May, by Rebecca Hey

    The clouds "have wept their fill" the whole night long,
    And what a change is wrought! But yesterday,
    We look'd around, and scarce could deem that May,
    The poet's theme,— the month of flowers and song,—
    Could do her own sweet lineaments such wrong
    [...]

    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-rebecca-hey.html

    Thanks G.D

    I am a major fan of Rebecca Hey....

    ************************************************************************ >>>
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Hey

    Rebecca Hey (née Roberts), also known as Mrs Hey, (1797–1859) was an
    English botanical artist and poet.

    Biography
    Rebecca Hey was born in Leeds and baptised at St. Peter on 21 April
    1797. She was the third daughter of merchant Thomas Roberts and Esther
    Lucy.[1] She married William Hey III (1796-1875) in 1821.[2] He was an
    apothecary-surgeon, who became principal surgeon at Leeds General
    Infirmary in 1830, and with other medical practitioners set up the Leeds >>> School of Medicine in 1831.[3] William Hey was one of the original 300
    Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1843.[4]


    Plate from Sylvan Musings; or The Spirit of the Woods by Rebecca Hey (1837) >>> Rebecca Hey's first book was called The Moral of Flowers, which was an
    encyclopaedia of English flowers. Each article was written by her and
    was preceded by a colour engraving of a painting of the flower by artist >>> William Clark, former draughtsman and engraver of the London
    Horticultural Society.[5] In the preface Hey credits the authors Sir J.
    E. Smith and Mr Drummond for the botanical information included in the
    descriptions.[6] Moral of Flowers focuses on flower poems that convey
    religious and moral messages, with a modest amount of botanical
    information including flowers' scientific names. Hey’s purpose is to
    “draw such a moral from each flower that is introduced as its
    appearance, habits, or properties might be supposed to suggest".[7] The
    book was popular and was reprinted in 1835 and 1849.[8]

    Hey's next book was an encyclopaedia of trees, this time using her own
    paintings as well as her poems. Her works were originally published
    anonymously.[9]

    Her final publication Holy Places, and Other Poems focused more on
    religion and the proceeds from the book went to Special Missions in India >>>
    Selected Works
    The Moral of Flowers (London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green &
    Longman, 1833)[11]

    Sylvan Musings; or The Spirit of the Woods (London: Longman, Brown,
    Green & Longmans, 1837)[12]

    Recollections of the Lakes, and Other Poems (London: Tilt & Bogue,
    1841)[13]

    Holy Places, and Other Poems (London: J. Hatchard, 1859)

    ***********************************************************************

    Thanks, Zod. This is new: Rebecca Hey finally has an article on
    Wikipedia. I can see from the history that it went up in Nov. '21, 2
    years after mine, but it already has information that mine doesn't.
    That's to be expected -- there are 6 different Wikiproject groups
    collaborating on that article, vs one person working on mine -- and
    reading it can only improve mine, since all their info is licensed for
    use.

    It's good to see Hey get that level of recognition. Many more people
    will find out about her there than via PPP, and some of them at least
    will search for her poems and find her calendar of sonnets on PPB.


    Mrs. Hey is quite deserving of being better known....


    Looks like she's getting there.

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  • From General-Zod@21:1/5 to Will Dockery on Fri Jun 3 21:37:56 2022
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    Will Dockery wrote:

    General-Zod wrote:

    George J. Dance wrote:

    Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog
    May, by Rebecca Hey

    The clouds "have wept their fill" the whole night long,
    And what a change is wrought! But yesterday,
    We look'd around, and scarce could deem that May,
    The poet's theme,— the month of flowers and song,—
    Could do her own sweet lineaments such wrong
    [...]

    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-rebecca-hey.html

    Thanks G.D

    I am a major fan of Rebecca Hey....

    ************************************************************************

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Hey

    Rebecca Hey (née Roberts), also known as Mrs Hey, (1797–1859) was an English botanical artist and poet.

    Biography
    Rebecca Hey was born in Leeds and baptised at St. Peter on 21 April 1797. She was the third daughter of merchant Thomas Roberts and Esther Lucy.[1] She married William Hey III (1796-1875) in 1821.[2] He was an apothecary-surgeon, who became principal
    surgeon at Leeds General Infirmary in 1830, and with other medical practitioners set up the Leeds School of Medicine in 1831.[3] William Hey was one of the original 300 Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1843.[4]


    Plate from Sylvan Musings; or The Spirit of the Woods by Rebecca Hey (1837) >> Rebecca Hey's first book was called The Moral of Flowers, which was an encyclopaedia of English flowers. Each article was written by her and was preceded by a colour engraving of a painting of the flower by artist William Clark, former draughtsman and
    engraver of the London Horticultural Society.[5] In the preface Hey credits the authors Sir J. E. Smith and Mr Drummond for the botanical information included in the descriptions.[6] Moral of Flowers focuses on flower poems that convey religious and
    moral messages, with a modest amount of botanical information including flowers' scientific names. Hey’s purpose is to “draw such a moral from each flower that is introduced as its appearance, habits, or properties might be supposed to suggest".[7]
    The book was popular and was reprinted in 1835 and 1849.[8]

    Hey's next book was an encyclopaedia of trees, this time using her own paintings as well as her poems. Her works were originally published anonymously.[9]

    Her final publication Holy Places, and Other Poems focused more on religion and the proceeds from the book went to Special Missions in India

    Selected Works
    The Moral of Flowers (London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, 1833)[11]

    Sylvan Musings; or The Spirit of the Woods (London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1837)[12]

    Recollections of the Lakes, and Other Poems (London: Tilt & Bogue, 1841)[13]

    Holy Places, and Other Poems (London: J. Hatchard, 1859)

    ***********************************************************************

    Good find, Zod.


    Thank G.D. for starting the Hey revival...!

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  • From General-Zod@21:1/5 to Will Dockery on Sat Jun 4 15:54:11 2022
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    Will Dockery wrote:

    General-Zod wrote:

    George J. Dance wrote:

    On 2022-05-16 4:22 p.m., General-Zod wrote:
    George J. Dance wrote:

    Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog
    May, by Rebecca Hey

    The clouds "have wept their fill" the whole night long,
    And what a change is wrought! But yesterday,
    We look'd around, and scarce could deem that May,
    The poet's theme,— the month of flowers and song,—
    Could do her own sweet lineaments such wrong
    [...]

    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-rebecca-hey.html

    Thanks G.D

    I am a major fan of Rebecca Hey....

    ************************************************************************ >>>>
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Hey

    Rebecca Hey (née Roberts), also known as Mrs Hey, (1797–1859) was an >>>> English botanical artist and poet.

    Biography
    Rebecca Hey was born in Leeds and baptised at St. Peter on 21 April
    1797. She was the third daughter of merchant Thomas Roberts and Esther >>>> Lucy.[1] She married William Hey III (1796-1875) in 1821.[2] He was an >>>> apothecary-surgeon, who became principal surgeon at Leeds General
    Infirmary in 1830, and with other medical practitioners set up the Leeds >>>> School of Medicine in 1831.[3] William Hey was one of the original 300 >>>> Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1843.[4]


    Plate from Sylvan Musings; or The Spirit of the Woods by Rebecca Hey (1837)
    Rebecca Hey's first book was called The Moral of Flowers, which was an >>>> encyclopaedia of English flowers. Each article was written by her and
    was preceded by a colour engraving of a painting of the flower by artist >>>> William Clark, former draughtsman and engraver of the London
    Horticultural Society.[5] In the preface Hey credits the authors Sir J. >>>> E. Smith and Mr Drummond for the botanical information included in the >>>> descriptions.[6] Moral of Flowers focuses on flower poems that convey
    religious and moral messages, with a modest amount of botanical
    information including flowers' scientific names. Hey’s purpose is to >>>> “draw such a moral from each flower that is introduced as its
    appearance, habits, or properties might be supposed to suggest".[7] The >>>> book was popular and was reprinted in 1835 and 1849.[8]

    Hey's next book was an encyclopaedia of trees, this time using her own >>>> paintings as well as her poems. Her works were originally published
    anonymously.[9]

    Her final publication Holy Places, and Other Poems focused more on
    religion and the proceeds from the book went to Special Missions in India >>>>
    Selected Works
    The Moral of Flowers (London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green &
    Longman, 1833)[11]

    Sylvan Musings; or The Spirit of the Woods (London: Longman, Brown,
    Green & Longmans, 1837)[12]

    Recollections of the Lakes, and Other Poems (London: Tilt & Bogue,
    1841)[13]

    Holy Places, and Other Poems (London: J. Hatchard, 1859)

    ***********************************************************************

    Thanks, Zod. This is new: Rebecca Hey finally has an article on
    Wikipedia. I can see from the history that it went up in Nov. '21, 2
    years after mine, but it already has information that mine doesn't.
    That's to be expected -- there are 6 different Wikiproject groups
    collaborating on that article, vs one person working on mine -- and
    reading it can only improve mine, since all their info is licensed for
    use.

    It's good to see Hey get that level of recognition. Many more people
    will find out about her there than via PPP, and some of them at least
    will search for her poems and find her calendar of sonnets on PPB.


    Mrs. Hey is quite deserving of being better known....


    Looks like she's getting there.

    Thanks to George D.....

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  • From Rocky Stoneberg@21:1/5 to Will Dockery on Sat Jun 18 20:47:49 2022
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    Will Dockery wrote:

    General-Zod wrote:

    George J. Dance wrote:

    Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog
    May, by Rebecca Hey

    The clouds "have wept their fill" the whole night long,
    And what a change is wrought! But yesterday,
    We look'd around, and scarce could deem that May,
    The poet's theme,— the month of flowers and song,—
    Could do her own sweet lineaments such wrong
    [...]

    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-rebecca-hey.html

    Thanks G.D

    I am a major fan of Rebecca Hey....

    ************************************************************************

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Hey

    Rebecca Hey (née Roberts), also known as Mrs Hey, (1797–1859) was an English botanical artist and poet.

    Biography
    Rebecca Hey was born in Leeds and baptised at St. Peter on 21 April 1797. She was the third daughter of merchant Thomas Roberts and Esther Lucy.[1] She married William Hey III (1796-1875) in 1821.[2] He was an apothecary-surgeon, who became principal
    surgeon at Leeds General Infirmary in 1830, and with other medical practitioners set up the Leeds School of Medicine in 1831.[3] William Hey was one of the original 300 Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1843.[4]


    Plate from Sylvan Musings; or The Spirit of the Woods by Rebecca Hey (1837) >> Rebecca Hey's first book was called The Moral of Flowers, which was an encyclopaedia of English flowers. Each article was written by her and was preceded by a colour engraving of a painting of the flower by artist William Clark, former draughtsman and
    engraver of the London Horticultural Society.[5] In the preface Hey credits the authors Sir J. E. Smith and Mr Drummond for the botanical information included in the descriptions.[6] Moral of Flowers focuses on flower poems that convey religious and
    moral messages, with a modest amount of botanical information including flowers' scientific names. Hey’s purpose is to “draw such a moral from each flower that is introduced as its appearance, habits, or properties might be supposed to suggest".[7]
    The book was popular and was reprinted in 1835 and 1849.[8]

    Hey's next book was an encyclopaedia of trees, this time using her own paintings as well as her poems. Her works were originally published anonymously.[9]

    Her final publication Holy Places, and Other Poems focused more on religion and the proceeds from the book went to Special Missions in India

    Selected Works
    The Moral of Flowers (London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, 1833)[11]

    Sylvan Musings; or The Spirit of the Woods (London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1837)[12]

    Recollections of the Lakes, and Other Poems (London: Tilt & Bogue, 1841)[13]

    Holy Places, and Other Poems (London: J. Hatchard, 1859)

    ***********************************************************************

    Good find, Zod.

    I thank....

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  • From W.Dockery@21:1/5 to General-Zod on Sun Jun 19 23:14:00 2022
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    General-Zod wrote:

    George J. Dance wrote:

    On 2022-05-16 4:22 p.m., General-Zod wrote:
    George J. Dance wrote:

    Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog
    May, by Rebecca Hey

    The clouds "have wept their fill" the whole night long,
    And what a change is wrought! But yesterday,
    We look'd around, and scarce could deem that May,
    The poet's theme,— the month of flowers and song,—
    Could do her own sweet lineaments such wrong
    [...]

    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-rebecca-hey.html

    Thanks G.D

    I am a major fan of Rebecca Hey....

    ************************************************************************ >>>
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Hey

    Rebecca Hey (née Roberts), also known as Mrs Hey, (1797–1859) was an
    English botanical artist and poet.

    Biography
    Rebecca Hey was born in Leeds and baptised at St. Peter on 21 April
    1797. She was the third daughter of merchant Thomas Roberts and Esther
    Lucy.[1] She married William Hey III (1796-1875) in 1821.[2] He was an
    apothecary-surgeon, who became principal surgeon at Leeds General
    Infirmary in 1830, and with other medical practitioners set up the Leeds >>> School of Medicine in 1831.[3] William Hey was one of the original 300
    Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1843.[4]


    Plate from Sylvan Musings; or The Spirit of the Woods by Rebecca Hey (1837) >>> Rebecca Hey's first book was called The Moral of Flowers, which was an
    encyclopaedia of English flowers. Each article was written by her and
    was preceded by a colour engraving of a painting of the flower by artist >>> William Clark, former draughtsman and engraver of the London
    Horticultural Society.[5] In the preface Hey credits the authors Sir J.
    E. Smith and Mr Drummond for the botanical information included in the
    descriptions.[6] Moral of Flowers focuses on flower poems that convey
    religious and moral messages, with a modest amount of botanical
    information including flowers' scientific names. Hey’s purpose is to
    “draw such a moral from each flower that is introduced as its
    appearance, habits, or properties might be supposed to suggest".[7] The
    book was popular and was reprinted in 1835 and 1849.[8]

    Hey's next book was an encyclopaedia of trees, this time using her own
    paintings as well as her poems. Her works were originally published
    anonymously.[9]

    Her final publication Holy Places, and Other Poems focused more on
    religion and the proceeds from the book went to Special Missions in India >>>
    Selected Works
    The Moral of Flowers (London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green &
    Longman, 1833)[11]

    Sylvan Musings; or The Spirit of the Woods (London: Longman, Brown,
    Green & Longmans, 1837)[12]

    Recollections of the Lakes, and Other Poems (London: Tilt & Bogue,
    1841)[13]

    Holy Places, and Other Poems (London: J. Hatchard, 1859)

    ***********************************************************************

    Thanks, Zod. This is new: Rebecca Hey finally has an article on
    Wikipedia. I can see from the history that it went up in Nov. '21, 2
    years after mine, but it already has information that mine doesn't.
    That's to be expected -- there are 6 different Wikiproject groups
    collaborating on that article, vs one person working on mine -- and
    reading it can only improve mine, since all their info is licensed for
    use.

    It's good to see Hey get that level of recognition. Many more people
    will find out about her there than via PPP, and some of them at least
    will search for her poems and find her calendar of sonnets on PPB.


    Mrs. Hey is quite deserving of being better known....

    Slowly but surely.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From W-Dockery@21:1/5 to General-Zod on Tue Aug 23 13:47:50 2022
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    General-Zod wrote:
    Will Dockery wrote:

    General-Zod wrote:

    George J. Dance wrote:

    Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog
    May, by Rebecca Hey

    The clouds "have wept their fill" the whole night long,
    And what a change is wrought! But yesterday,
    We look'd around, and scarce could deem that May,
    The poet's theme,— the month of flowers and song,—
    Could do her own sweet lineaments such wrong
    [...]

    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-rebecca-hey.html

    Thanks G.D

    I am a major fan of Rebecca Hey....

    ************************************************************************

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Hey

    Rebecca Hey (née Roberts), also known as Mrs Hey, (1797–1859) was an English botanical artist and poet.

    Biography
    Rebecca Hey was born in Leeds and baptised at St. Peter on 21 April 1797. She was the third daughter of merchant Thomas Roberts and Esther Lucy.[1] She married William Hey III (1796-1875) in 1821.[2] He was an apothecary-surgeon, who became principal
    surgeon at Leeds General Infirmary in 1830, and with other medical practitioners set up the Leeds School of Medicine in 1831.[3] William Hey was one of the original 300 Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1843.[4]


    Plate from Sylvan Musings; or The Spirit of the Woods by Rebecca Hey (1837) >>> Rebecca Hey's first book was called The Moral of Flowers, which was an encyclopaedia of English flowers. Each article was written by her and was preceded by a colour engraving of a painting of the flower by artist William Clark, former draughtsman
    and engraver of the London Horticultural Society.[5] In the preface Hey credits the authors Sir J. E. Smith and Mr Drummond for the botanical information included in the descriptions.[6] Moral of Flowers focuses on flower poems that convey religious and
    moral messages, with a modest amount of botanical information including flowers' scientific names. Hey’s purpose is to “draw such a moral from each flower that is introduced as its appearance, habits, or properties might be supposed to suggest".[7]
    The book was popular and was reprinted in 1835 and 1849.[8]

    Hey's next book was an encyclopaedia of trees, this time using her own paintings as well as her poems. Her works were originally published anonymously.[9]

    Her final publication Holy Places, and Other Poems focused more on religion and the proceeds from the book went to Special Missions in India

    Selected Works
    The Moral of Flowers (London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, 1833)[11]

    Sylvan Musings; or The Spirit of the Woods (London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1837)[12]

    Recollections of the Lakes, and Other Poems (London: Tilt & Bogue, 1841)[13]

    Holy Places, and Other Poems (London: J. Hatchard, 1859)

    ***********************************************************************

    Good find, Zod.


    Thank G.D. for starting the Hey revival...!


    She deserves it.

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  • From W-Dockery@21:1/5 to General-Zod on Fri Aug 26 08:16:13 2022
    XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments

    General-Zod wrote:

    Will Dockery wrote:

    General-Zod wrote:

    George J. Dance wrote:

    Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog
    May, by Rebecca Hey

    The clouds "have wept their fill" the whole night long,
    And what a change is wrought! But yesterday,
    We look'd around, and scarce could deem that May,
    The poet's theme,— the month of flowers and song,—
    Could do her own sweet lineaments such wrong
    [...]

    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/05/may-rebecca-hey.html

    Thanks G.D

    I am a major fan of Rebecca Hey....

    ************************************************************************

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Hey

    Rebecca Hey (née Roberts), also known as Mrs Hey, (1797–1859) was an English botanical artist and poet.

    Biography
    Rebecca Hey was born in Leeds and baptised at St. Peter on 21 April 1797. She was the third daughter of merchant Thomas Roberts and Esther Lucy.[1] She married William Hey III (1796-1875) in 1821.[2] He was an apothecary-surgeon, who became principal
    surgeon at Leeds General Infirmary in 1830, and with other medical practitioners set up the Leeds School of Medicine in 1831.[3] William Hey was one of the original 300 Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1843.[4]


    Plate from Sylvan Musings; or The Spirit of the Woods by Rebecca Hey (1837) >>> Rebecca Hey's first book was called The Moral of Flowers, which was an encyclopaedia of English flowers. Each article was written by her and was preceded by a colour engraving of a painting of the flower by artist William Clark, former draughtsman
    and engraver of the London Horticultural Society.[5] In the preface Hey credits the authors Sir J. E. Smith and Mr Drummond for the botanical information included in the descriptions.[6] Moral of Flowers focuses on flower poems that convey religious and
    moral messages, with a modest amount of botanical information including flowers' scientific names. Hey’s purpose is to “draw such a moral from each flower that is introduced as its appearance, habits, or properties might be supposed to suggest".[7]
    The book was popular and was reprinted in 1835 and 1849.[8]

    Hey's next book was an encyclopaedia of trees, this time using her own paintings as well as her poems. Her works were originally published anonymously.[9]

    Her final publication Holy Places, and Other Poems focused more on religion and the proceeds from the book went to Special Missions in India

    Selected Works
    The Moral of Flowers (London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, 1833)[11]

    Sylvan Musings; or The Spirit of the Woods (London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1837)[12]

    Recollections of the Lakes, and Other Poems (London: Tilt & Bogue, 1841)[13]

    Holy Places, and Other Poems (London: J. Hatchard, 1859)

    ***********************************************************************

    Good find, Zod.


    Cool, cool.....

    Good morning, my friend.

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