Hopper, Nora (F)

Surname: Chesson (née Hopper)
Forename(s): Nora
b. 2 January 1871. d. 14 April 1906. Nationality: Irish. VIAF.
Poet and short story writer. Born in Exeter. Father was an Irish army officer. Educated at home by governesses. Also known as Nora Chesson, after her marriage to the novelist and critic Wilfrid Hugh Chesson in 1901. Publications include Ballads in Prose (1894), Under the Quicken Boughs (1896), Songs of the Morning (1900). Contributed to Family Herald, New Ireland Review, The Celt. Biographical information: Reilly, Late Victorian Poetry, p. 231; Colman 113-114. (AC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 31
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
A Song of Sherwood 1893-03 Longman’s Magazine Poet 19007
A Roumanian Song 1894-03 Longman’s Magazine Poet 19039
Lament of the Last Leprechaun 1894-10 The Yellow Book Poet 1822
Shepherds’ Song 1895-04 The Yellow Book Poet 809
I—Ma Creevin O! 1896-01 The Yellow Book Poet 993
II—Phyllis and Damon 1896-01 The Yellow Book Poet 10291
A Shepherd’s Song 1896-03 Atalanta Poet 2362
Wolf-Edith 1896-04 The Yellow Book Poet 1000
Swan-White 1896-06 The Evergreen Poet 18594
O Haru San 1896-10 Atalanta Poet 2383
An Old-Fashioned Carol 1896-12 Atalanta Poet 2391
All Souls’ Day (November the First)  1896-12 The Evergreen Poet 18613
Ishtar 1897-03 Atalanta Poet 2398
Hepatica and Snowdrop 1897-04 Atalanta Poet 2401
On May Eve 1897-05 Atalanta Poet 2407
A Japanese Song 1897-08 Atalanta Poet 2415
A Song of Seasons 1897-09 Atalanta Poet 2418
The Lullaby of Mary 1898-01 The English Illustrated Magazine Poet 19652
A Carol. (With Apologies to A. T. Q. C.) 1899-01 Atalanta Poet 15932
Keats 1899-01 Atalanta Poet 15935
Gracy Day. Daffodil 1899-04 Atalanta Poet 15946
“‘Iseult’ and ‘Iseult’” 1899-08 Atalanta Poet 15966
Nóra Crióna 1899-08 Atalanta Poet 15967
May Eve 1899-08 Atalanta Poet 15968
Jenifer 1899-09 Atalanta Poet 15973
The Mistletoe Carol 1899-12 The English Illustrated Magazine Poet 19696
The Pisky Gleaner 1900-09 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 13852
Hallows’ E’en 1900-10 Longman’s Magazine Poet 19196
The Virgin’s Lullaby 1900-12 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 13854
The Pisky People 1901-01 The Argosy Poet 17202
A Song of Dartmoor 1901-12 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14962