Nesbit, Edith (F)

Surname: Nesbit
Forename(s): Edith
b. 15 August 1858. d. 4 May 1924. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Prolific novelist, poet, journalist, and children’s writer. Alternative signature: “E. Nesbit.” Married writer Hubert Bland on 22 April 1880 then, after his death, Thomas Tucker on 20 February 1917. Nesbit was a socialist and was one of the founders, with Bland, of the Fabian Society. Nesbit and Bland also co-edited the Fabian Society’s journal Today. Converted from Anglicanism to Catholicism at the turn of the twentieth century. Biographical information: ODNB. (AC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 92
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
A Year Ago 1876 Good Words Poet 2624
Love Song in May 1877-05 The Argosy Poet 16411
Unofficial 1878 Good Words Poet 2762
Under the Tree 1878 Good Words Poet 2675
Love’s Calendar 1878-04 The Argosy Poet 16430
A Petition 1881 Good Words Poet 3894
For the XV. Nocturne, by F. Chopin 1883-05-05 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7550
Spring in Autumn 1883-07-07 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7559
‘Absolution’ 1883-08 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18638
A Good-bye 1883-11 The Argosy Poet 16562
Possibilities 1884-08 The Argosy Poet 16581
Tekel 1885-10 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18716
Two Christmas Eves 1886-03 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18734
A Brown Study 1886-05 The Argosy Poet 16624
When! 1886-09 The Argosy Poet 16630
The Singing of the Magnificat. A Monkish Legend 1886-09 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18752
Last Year’s Nest 1886-10 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18755
Betrothal Song 1887-04 The Argosy Poet 16642
The Ballad of Ferencz Renyi. Hungary, 1848 1887-04 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18773
The Message of June 1887-06 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18782
Rondeau 1887-12 The Argosy Poet 16656
The Pixies’ Garden 1887-12 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18811
Refugium Peccatorum 1888-01 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18815
A Question 1888-03 The Argosy Poet 16664
Love’s Cost 1888-05 The Argosy Poet 16669
Sweet Summer 1888-06 The Argosy Poet 16671
The Saint’s Mother 1888-06 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18830
A Defence 1888-07 The Argosy Poet 16672
Two Lives 1888-07 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18836
Good Advice 1888-09 The Argosy Poet 16677
The Meadows of Long Ago 1888-10 The Argosy Poet 16678
The Kiss 1888-11 The Argosy Poet 16680
Christmas Roses 1888-12 Woman’s World Poet 658
True Love 1889-02 The Argosy Poet 16689
“Just Beyond” 1889-03 The Argosy Poet 16693
The Modern Judas 1889-05 Atalanta Poet 1929
To One Dead 1889-06 The Argosy Poet 16699
Deception 1889-06 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18877
The Last Thought 1889-07 The Argosy Poet 16700
Ruckinge Church 1889-07 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18881
The Soul to the Ideal 1889-07 Woman’s World Poet 674
Parted 1889-09 The Argosy Poet 16706
The Devil’s Due 1889-10 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18889
A Mèsalliance 1889-12 The Argosy Poet 16718
Equal Love 1890 Woman’s World Poet 1061
A Ballad of Bravery. I. M. Daniel Periton. Died at Johnstown 1889 1890-02 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18900
A Convict 1890-05 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18913
Morning Song 1890-08 The Argosy Poet 16743
The Wind’s Message 1890-09 The Argosy Poet 16747
Autumn 1890-10 The Argosy Poet 16753
The Sailor’s Dream 1890-11 The Argosy Poet 16755
To the Unattainable 1890-11 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18929
Enlightenment 1891-02 The Argosy Poet 16767
Rondeau 1891-03 The Argosy Poet 16771
Serenade 1891-06 The Argosy Poet 16777
The Garden 1891-06 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18956
Points of View 1891-08 The Argosy Poet 16785
The Ballad of Sir Hugh 1891-08 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18959
The Dental Hospital 1891-10 Atalanta Poet 2159
Foregone 1891-10 The Argosy Poet 16790
The Joke 1892-01 Atalanta Poet 2171
To His Lady. (Who asked a Song in Spring) 1892-04 The Argosy Poet 16806
The Ballad of Love and Death 1892-08 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18990
Song of the Seasons 1892-09 The Argosy Poet 16817
Old Lovers 1892-10 Atalanta Poet 2225
Alone 1892-10 The Argosy Poet 16821
Fairy-Land 1893-02 Atalanta Poet 2253
The Life-Lamp 1893-05 Atalanta Poet 2264
Parted 1893-08 The Argosy Poet 16850
“We loved, my love, and now it seems” 1893-09 The Argosy Poet 16851
Autumn 1893-11 Atalanta Poet 2283
The Ballad of the White Lady 1893-12 The English Illustrated Magazine Poet 19469
An English Garden 1893-12 The Argosy Poet 16861
The Mermaid 1894-03 The English Illustrated Magazine Poet 19483
Medway Song 1894-08 Atalanta Poet 2310
Song 1894-08 The Argosy Poet 16881
Marriage 1894-10 The Argosy Poet 16886
The Blackbird in November 1894-11 Atalanta Poet 13864
Day and Night 1895-01 The Yellow Book Poet 799
The Lost Embassy 1895-02 Atalanta Poet 2328
An Italian Garden 1895-02 The Argosy Poet 16900
Spring Song 1895-06 The Argosy Poet 16918
A Song In June 1895-07 The Argosy Poet 16922
The Woman’s Kingdom 1895-08 Atalanta Poet 2344
October 1895-10 Atalanta Poet 2350
River Song 1896-08 The Argosy Poet 19993
Dirge 1896-09 The Argosy Poet 19995
The Ghost Bereft 1897-01 The Yellow Book Poet 1019
The Haunted Spring 1897-03 The Argosy Poet 20164
The Fairy Dolly 1897-08 The English Illustrated Magazine Poet 19639
Old Lovers 1897-11 The Argosy Poet 20032
At the Gate 1900-05 Longman’s Magazine Poet 19191