Mary Oxlie

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MO was either a northern English or a Scottish poet of the sixteenth century. Only a single poem survives that can be confidently attributed to her, a literary eulogy or friendship poem. It cannot, in view of the skill shown in it, have been her only work.

Milestones

Some time after 1616

MO wrote her only poem known to survive, a heartfelt compliment To William Drummond of Hawthornden; it mentions some of the contents of his Poems, 1616.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

After February 1656

MO 's poem To William Drummond of Hawthornden reached print in Edward Phillips 's posthumous edition of Drummond's Poems.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Edward Phillips
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.
Oxlie, Mary, and William Drummond. “To William Drummond of Hawthornden”. Poems, edited by Edward Phillips and Edward Phillips, Richard Tomlins, 1656.

Writing

MO 's name was linked with the town of Morpeth in Northumberland. Nothing is known of her life.

Single Surviving Poem

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