Smedley, Menella Bute (F)

Surname: Smedley
Forename(s): Menella Bute
b. 14 November 1820. d. 25 May 1877. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet, novelist, and children’s author. Pseudonyms: M. S., S. M., M. B. S., S. Alternative signature: M. B. Smedley. Born in London. Sister of Elizabeth Anna Hart. Cousin of Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) and the novelist Francis (Frank) Smedley. Author of the poetry volumes Lays and Ballads from English History (1856), The Story of Queen Isabel (1863), Poems (1868), Child-Nature (1869), Two Dramatic Poems (1874). With her sister Elizabeth she authored Poems Written for a Child (1868) and Child-World (1869). Biographical information: ODNB , Orlando. (AC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 46
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
The Fearless De Courcy 1845-04-26 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 5817
The Five Children. A Ballad 1847 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15501
The Hunting of Lady Maude 1847 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15508
Wherefore Weep? 1858-09-25 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6462
I Went to Look for Roses 1863-07-01 The English Woman’s Journal Poet 15857
Love in Sorrow 1863-07-01 The English Woman’s Journal Poet 15856
Lines Suggested by the Uncovering of the Memorial of the Prince Consort 1863-08-01 The English Woman’s Journal Poet 1706
The Future 1866-02 The Argosy Poet 16130
A Remembrance 1866-06-01 Good Words Poet 1804
The Lady and the Rooks. A True Story 1866-09-01 Good Words Poet 1812
The Love of Years 1866-10 The Argosy Poet 16163
A Day’s Fishing 1866-11-01 Good Words Poet 1816
A Meeting 1866-12 The Argosy Poet 16169
Ampola 1867-03 The Argosy Poet 16182
A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush 1867-05-01 Good Words Poet 1864
In the Fields 1867-11-01 Good Words Poet 1879
Hero Harold 1868-03-01 Good Words Poet 1897
Hero Harold 1868-04-01 Good Words Poet 1899
The Little Fair Soul 1868-05-01 Good Words Poet 1902
Glenalla 1868-06-01 Good Words Poet 1904
The Fisherman 1868-09-01 Good Words Poet 1912
A Girl’s Love Song 1868-11-01 Good Words Poet 1922
A Letter 1868-12-01 Good Words Poet 1923
A Ballad 1869-01-01 Good Words Poet 1980
The Sailor Boy 1869-07-01 Good Words Poet 1992
Holyhead Breakwater 1869-11-01 Good Words Poet 1999
Lines Suggested by the Greek Massacre 1870-06 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14402
A Blessing 1872 Good Words Poet 2154
Heather 1872 Good Words Poet 2211
Death of Captain Knowles 1873 Good Words Poet 2433
St. Vincent; Or, Fire versus Water 1873 Good Words Poet 2430
Sonnet—Love for the Young 1873 Good Words Poet 2438
My Life 1873 Good Words Poet 2449
A Face from the Past 1873 Good Words Poet 2457
An Old Road 1873 Good Words Poet 2443
Gleaners 1875 Good Words Poet 2546
Snowdrops 1875-10 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14533
Saints 1876 Good Words Poet 2607
Ballad 1876 Good Words Poet 2582
His Dead 1876 Good Words Poet 2605
We were Children Once 1876 Good Words Poet 2587
At Sea 1878 Good Words Poet 2757
The Prayer of St. Chrysostom 1878 Good Words Poet 2744
I.—Lovers 1879 Good Words Poet 2773
II.—To a Girl 1879 Good Words Poet 16039
Street Arabs 1879 Good Words Poet 2798