FH
's beloved mother
died; this event appears to have affected her health.
Hughes, Harriet Browne Owen, and Felicia Hemans. “Memoir of Mrs. Hemans”. The Works of Mrs. Hemans, W. Blackwood, 1839, pp. 1-315.
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Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Elwood, Anne Katharine. Memoirs of the Literary Ladies of England, from the Commencement of the Last Century. Henry Colburn, 1843, 2 vols.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Felicia Hemans
FH
's mother, born Felicity Dorothea Wagner
, was the daughter of a Lancashire woman of yeoman stock who married the Imperial and Tuscan Consul at Liverpool.
Hughes, Harriet Browne Owen, and Felicia Hemans. “Memoir of Mrs. Hemans”. The Works of Mrs. Hemans, W. Blackwood, 1839, pp. 1-315.
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Residence
Felicia Hemans
FH
moved with her mother
, sister, and children from Bronwylfa (where she had been living with them since before her husband
left) to a nearby house, Rhyllon near St Asaph; this was also...
Textual Production
Felicia Hemans
At the age of eight Felicia Browne, later Hemans
composed a poem entitled On my Mother
's Birth-day; it was included in her first published volume.
Hughes, Harriet Browne Owen, and Felicia Hemans. “Memoir of Mrs. Hemans”. The Works of Mrs. Hemans, W. Blackwood, 1839, pp. 1-315.
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Hemans, Felicia. Poems. T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1808.