C. M. Gemmer.Pseudonym
Gerda Fay.Married to Walter Gemmer. Lived in Norwich, Norfolk. Friend of Christina Rossetti, with whom she visited as well as corresponded from 1870 to 1894. Publications include Lyrics and Idylls (1861), Children of the Sun (1869), Baby-Land; or, Pretty Rhymes for the Little Ones (1877), and Fidelis, and Other Poems (1897). Published poetry in Animal World: An Advocate of Humanity Biographical information: Reilly, Mid-Victorian Poetry, p. 181; Antony H. Harrison (ed.), The Letters of Christina Rossetti, vol. 1 (Charlottesville and London: The University Press of Virginia, 1997), pp. 237, 406, 415 (CC, AC)
Poem title | Date | Periodical | Roles | id # |
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Sunrise and Sunset | 1876-05 | The Argosy | Poet | 16386 |
Exiled | 1876-06 | The Argosy | Poet | 16389 |
Memory | 1877-03 | The Argosy | Poet | 16407 |
Bitter Words | 1877-09 | The Argosy | Poet | 16419 |
Too Late | 1878-09 | The Argosy | Poet | 16439 |
Dutch Pictures | 1879 | Good Words | Poet | 2769 |
A Reverie | 1879-04 | The Argosy | Poet | 16453 |
Looking Back | 1880-04 | The Argosy | Poet | 16475 |