Ingelow, Jean (F)

Surname: Ingelow
Forename(s): Jean
b. 17 March 1820. d. 20 July 1897. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet, novelist, children’s author. Pseudonym: Orris. Hugely prolific and popular poet. Born in Boston, Lincolnshire, to an Evangelical family. Lived in London from 1850. Member of Barbara Bodichon and Bessie Raynor Parkes’s Portfolio Society. Considered for the Poet Laureateship on the death of Tennyson in 1892. Poetry volumes include Poems (1863), A Story of Doom, and Other Poems (1867), Poems (1885), Lyrical and Other Poems (1886). Biographical information: ODNB , Orlando. (AC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 34
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
The High Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire, 1571 1863-09-01 The English Woman’s Journal Poet 15863
Reconciled 1863-11 Good Words Poet 1595
The Noble Mercer 1864 Good Words Poet 1603
A Scene for a Study 1864 Good Words Poet 1604
The Nightingale and the Unsatisfied Heart 1865 Good Words Poet 1741
Sand-Martins 1865-12 The Argosy Poet 16120
Too Late 1866-04 The Argosy Poet 16136
The Coming In of the “Mermaiden” 1866-06 The Argosy Poet 16148
III. Promising. (A Man Speaks) 1869-03-01 Good Words Poet 11899
IV. (“Who veileth love should first have vanquished fate”) 1869-03-01 Good Words Poet 11900
II. Sleep (A Woman Speaks) 1869-03-01 Good Words Poet 11898
I. A Snow Mountain 1869-03-01 Good Words Poet 1985
Defton Wood 1870-01-01 Good Words Poet 12514
Cold and Quiet 1870-01-01 Good Words Poet 2006
The Two Margarets. I.—Margaret by the Mere Side 1870-02-01 Good Words Poet 2009
1.—An Ancient Chess King Dug From Some Ruins 1870-03-01 Good Words Poet 2013
3.—Though All Great Deeds— 1870-03-01 Good Words Poet 12516
2.—Comfort in the Night 1870-03-01 Good Words Poet 12515
The Two Margarets. II.—Margaret in the Xebec 1870-04-01 Good Words Poet 2016
I.—A Winter Song 1870-05-01 Good Words Poet 2017
II.—A Gleaning Song 1870-05-01 Good Words Poet 12369
III.—On the Borders of Cannock Chase 1870-06-01 Good Words Poet 12518
II.—Wishing 1870-06-01 Good Words Poet 12517
IV.—To— 1870-06-01 Good Words Poet 14815
I.—Work 1870-06-01 Good Words Poet 2021
A Reverie and a Song 1870-07-01 Good Words Poet 2022
II.–The Snowdrop Monument (In Lichfield Cathedral) 1870-08-01 Good Words Poet 11901
I.–A Walk to Acrington on the Fourth of March. (Written for a Friend’s Birthday) 1870-08-01 Good Words Poet 2028
Married Lovers 1870-09-01 Good Words Poet 2094
III.–Looking Down 1870-11-01 Good Words Poet 12366
I.–Fancy 1870-11-01 Good Words Poet 2098
II.–Compensation 1870-11-01 Good Words Poet 12365
The Mariner’s Cave 1870-12-01 Good Words Poet 2104
“Though the heart be not attending” 1890-12 Atalanta Poet 2057