Felicia Dorothea Hemans （b. 1794,d. 1835） was born in Liverpool,England. Her maiden name was Browne. Her childhood was spent in Wales. Her first volume of poems was published in 1808;her second in 1812. In 1812 she was married tCaptain Hemans,but he left her about six years after their marriage,and they never again lived together. She went,with her five sons,treside with her mother,then living near St. Asaph,in North Wales. Mrs. Hemans then resumed her literary pursuits,and wrote much and well. Her poetry is smooth and graceful,and she excels in description. Many of her poems are exceedingly beautiful.
1.Child,amid the flowers at play,While the red light fades away;Mother,with thine earnest eye,Ever following silently;Father,by the breeze at eve Called thy harvest work tleave;Pray! Ere yet the dark hours be,Lift the heart,and bend the knee.
2.Traveler,in the stranger‘s land,
Far from thine own household band;Mourner,haunted by the toneOf a voice from this world gone;Captive,in whose narrow cell Sunshine hath not leave tdwell;Sailor,on the darkening sea;Lift the heart and bend the knee.
3.Warrior,that from battle won,Breathest now at set of sun;Woman,o’er the lowly slain Weeping on his burial plain;Ye that triumph,ye that sigh,Kindred by one holy tie,Heaven‘s first star alike ye see;Lift the heart,and bend the knee.