Hemans, Mrs Felicia Dorothea

Hemans, Mrs. Felicia Dorothea (nee Browne), an English poetess, was born at Liverpool, September 25, 1794. She married a military man in 1812, separated from him in 1818, and died May 16, 1835. She published numerous volumes of poems, largely religious, which have been widely popular. They have been published collectively as her Works (with a Memoir, Lond. 1839, 7 volumes, and often since).