Mary Ann Browne


Mary Ann Browne was a prolific 19th-century English poet and writer of musical scores. She began publishing her verses at the age of fifteen, and her works include collections such as The Coronal and Sacred Poetry. In 1842, she married James Gray, a nephew of James Hogg. She was remembered for her piety and charitable nature.

Biography

Mary Ann Browne was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire, 24 September 1812. She was the eldest of three children. Though some sources mention Felicia Hemans was her sister, that is not the case.
A collection of her verses came before the public when she was only fifteen years of age. Browne wrote Mont Blanc, Ada, Bepentance, The Coronal, The Birthday Gift, Ignatia, Sacred Poetry, and many fugitive pieces in periodicals.
In 1840, her family removed to Liverpool. In 1842, she married James Gray, a Scotsman, and a nephew of James Hogg. She was remembered for piety and charity.
Mary Ann Browne Gray died 28 January 1845 at Sunday's Well, Cork, Ireland.

Selected works

Musical scores

The captive knight : a ballad, 18-- The messenger bird, a duett, 1826 The sunset tree, Tyrolese evening hymn, 1826 The Pilgrim Fathers, 1827The recall, 1827-33 Evening song to the Virgin, A duett., 183- The blue sea, song of a Greek islander in exile,, 183-

Poetry collections

Mont Blanc, and other poems by Mary Ann Browne, in her fifteenth year., 1827Ada, and other poems, 1828Repentance: And Other Poems, 1829The coronal; original poems, sacred and miscellaneous., 1833Ignatia, and other poems, 1838

Song collections

Twelve popular songs, 18--

Songs