Procter, Adelaide Anne (F)

Surname: Procter
Forename(s): Adelaide Anne
b. 30 October 1825. d. 2 February 1864. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet, philanthropist, feminist. Pseudonyms: A. A. P., Mary Berwick, Miss Berwick. Member of the Society for the Promotion of the Employment of Women, the Langham Place group, and the Portfolio Society. Involved with the Victoria Press, including co-founding the English Woman’s Journal and editing The Victoria Regia (1861). Had an intimate relationship with Matilda Hays that some scholars believe might have been homosexual. Submitted poems regularly to Household Words under the pseudonym Mary Berwick, out of concern that Dickens would feel obliged to accept her work because of his friendship with her father, Bryan Waller Procter; Dickens discovered her identity late in 1854 (Lohrli 404-5). Converted to Catholicism by 1851. Volumes of poetry include Legends and Lyrics (1858), Legends and Lyrics, Series Two (1861), and A Chaplet of Verses (1862). Biographical information: ODNB, Orlando. (SMM, AC, BGL)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 101
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
Old Echoes 1853-02-05 Household Words Poet 1274
Friend Sorrow 1853-03-05 Household Words Poet 1282
Hush! 1853-05-14 Household Words Poet 1290
The Settlers 1853-05-21 Household Words Poet 1291
Listening Angels 1853-07-30 Household Words Poet 1301
Echoes 1853-09-03 Household Words Poet 1305
Pictures in the Fire 1853-09-10 Household Words Poet 1306
Life and Death 1853-09-17 Household Words Poet 1307
Life and Death 1853-09-24 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6481
Moonrise 1853-09-24 Household Words Poet 1308
A Lament for the Summer 1853-10-15 Household Words Poet 1311
Now 1853-11-26 Household Words Poet 1317
The Angel’s Story 1853-12-19 Household Words Poet 1552
The Voice of the Wind 1854-03-11 Household Words Poet 1332
Home-Sickness 1854-03-18 Household Words Poet 1333
Words upon the Waters 1854-05-06 Household Words Poet 1339
Treasures 1854-05-13 Household Words Poet 1340
A True Knight 1854-05-20 Household Words Poet 1341
Illusion 1854-07-08 Household Words Poet 1347
Recollections 1854-07-15 Household Words Poet 1348
Shining Stars 1854-07-22 Household Words Poet 1349
Hidden Light 1854-08-26 Household Words Poet 1353
Waiting 1854-10-14 Household Words Poet 1357
My Picture 1854-10-21 Household Words Poet 1358
A Vision 1854-11-11 Household Words Poet 1360
Give 1854-11-18 Household Words Poet 1361
The Third Poor Traveller 1854-12-14 Household Words Poet 1554
The Seventh Poor Traveller 1854-12-14 Household Words Poet 1555
The Two Spirits 1855-01-13 Household Words Poet 1365
The Cradle Song of the Poor 1855-01-27 Household Words Poet 1366
The Lesson of the War 1855-02-03 Household Words Poet 1367
Passing Clouds 1855-03-10 Household Words Poet 1371
One by One 1855-03-17 Household Words Poet 1372
The Unknown Grave 1855-04-07 Household Words Poet 1375
A False Genius 1855-04-14 Household Words Poet 1376
God’s Gifts 1855-05-05 Household Words Poet 1379
A First Sorrow 1855-05-19 Household Words Poet 1380
The Wind 1855-06-02 Household Words Poet 1381
Strive, Wait, and Pray 1855-06-09 Household Words Poet 1382
A Vision of Hours 1855-06-30 Household Words Poet 1384
The Angel 1855-07-07 Household Words Poet 1385
Time’s Cure 1855-07-14 Household Words Poet 1386
Judge Not 1855-08-11 Household Words Poet 1389
Comfort 1855-08-18 Household Words Poet 1390
Wishes 1855-09-22 Household Words Poet 1392
A Dream 1855-10-06 Household Words Poet 1394
The Present 1855-10-13 Household Words Poet 1395
The Dark Side 1855-11-17 Household Words Poet 1398
The Two Interpreters 1855-12-15 Household Words Poet 1401
The Barmaid 1855-12-15 Household Words Poet 1625
The Tomb in Ghent 1855-12-29 Household Words Poet 1403
Murmurs 1856-01-19 Household Words Poet 1406
Lavater’s Warning 1856-02-02 Household Words Poet 1408
Watch Cry. From a German Patois Song 1856-03-22 Household Words Poet 1413
A Fable Versified 1856-03-29 Household Words Poet 1414
A Remembrance of Autumn 1856-04-12 Household Words Poet 1415
Sowing and Reaping 1856-05-31 Household Words Poet 1420
The Chain 1856-06-14 Household Words Poet 1422
My Journal 1856-09-06 Household Words Poet 1431
The Old Sailor’s Story 1856-12-06 Household Words Poet 12423
Patient and Faithful 1856-12-06 Household Words Poet 1441
A Dead Past 1857-08-01 Household Words Poet 1463
Sixty New Years’ Days Ago 1858-01-02 Household Words Poet 1474
A Woman’s Question 1858-02-06 Household Words Poet 1477
Words 1858-02-20 Household Words Poet 1479
Grief 1858-03-01 The English Woman’s Journal Poet 1556
Two Dark Days 1858-03-27 Household Words Poet 1482
Home and Rest 1858-04-24 Household Words Poet 1484
Three Roses 1858-08-21 Household Words Poet 1493
An Ideal 1858-08-28 Household Words Poet 1494
Maximus 1858-09-01 The English Woman’s Journal Poet 1564
Beyond 1858-10-02 Household Words Poet 1497
Two Worlds 1858-10-09 Household Words Poet 1498
Three Evenings in the House 1858-12-07 Household Words Poet 1627
A New Mother 1859-01-01 Household Words Poet 1504
Hidden Chords 1859-01-08 Household Words Poet 1506
Optimus 1859-02-01 The English Woman’s Journal Poet 1629
A Warning 1859-03-05 Household Words Poet 1509
Envy 1859-03-12 Household Words Poet 1510
A Thought from Phantastes 1859-05-14 All the Year Round Poet 2688
Trade Songs. The Cobbler 1859-05-28 All the Year Round Poet 2692
Over the Mountain 1859-08-27 All the Year Round Poet 2708
Dream-Life 1859-09-03 All the Year Round Poet 2709
Loss and Gain 1859-10-01 The English Woman’s Journal Poet 1638
Our Dead 1859-10-29 All the Year Round Poet 2715
The Ghost in the Picture Room 1859-12-13 All the Year Round Poet 2732
A Changeling 1860-03 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 11935
A Lost Chord 1860-03-01 The English Woman’s Journal Poet 1649
The Carver’s Lesson 1860-05 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 11939
Requital 1860-05-01 The English Woman’s Journal Poet 1651
Too Late 1860-06-02 All the Year Round Poet 2814
Fate and a Heart 1860-09 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 11947
My Will 1860-10-13 All the Year Round Poet 2830
Sent to Heaven 1860-11 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 11949
A Comforter 1860-11-01 The English Woman’s Journal Poet 1657
The Old Year’s Blessing 1861-01-01 The English Woman’s Journal Poet 1659
True or False? 1862-12 Good Words Poet 421
Golden Words 1863-01 Good Words Poet 1570
Now 1864-03-01 The English Woman’s Journal Poet 15867
Life and Death 1877-09 The Argosy Poet 16418
To One I Love 1897-10-09 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12686