The death in childbirth of a member of her Baptist congregation moved MDF
to publish An Ode Occasioned by the Death of Mrs. Elizabeth Dowland
De Fleury, Maria. An Ode Occasioned by the Death of Mrs. Elizabeth Dowland. 1783.
title-page, 6
Theme or Topic Treated in Text
Maria De Fleury
This is a highly sociable volume, with poems on events in MDF
's family and the congregation of her church. MDF
's preface takes a defensive line about her gender (as opposed to the attacking...
