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Mary Webb

I lived from 1881-1927. I was from Great Britain, and am in the English category.

Mary was born in Leighton, Shropshire in 1881. Her Father was a schoolmaster, she began writing at the age of 10, writing fairy stories, later educated in Southport. She married Henry Webb in 1921.
Various English and American publications carried her work. She moved to London in 1921 as a book reviewer.
Mary is well known for her novels,centered on the borders between Wales and England. She was awarded the Femina Vie Heurese Prize for her novel 'Precious Bane' in 1925 Mary Webb died in 1927.

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  • Autumn
    When autumn winds are on the hill
    And darkly rides the wasting moon,
    3 lines, 3 comments
  • When The Thorn Blows
    Dawn glimmers white beyond the burning hill
    Where sunbeams light a fire in every tree.
    18 lines
  • A Summer Day
    Long aisles of larches stretch away,
    Mysterious, dim;
    13 lines
  • The Shell
    What has the sea swept up?
    A Viking oar, long mouldered in the peace
    14 lines
  • The Lad Out There
    Oh, Powers of Love, if still you lean
    Above a world so black with hate,
    27 lines, 1 comment
  • The Door
    I heard humanity, through all the years,
    Wailing, and beating on a dark, vast door
    11 lines
  • Eros
    Before his coming thunder breaks;
    In plunging fires his way he takes;
    16 lines
  • The Elf
    A fair town is Shrewsbury--
    The world over
    42 lines
  • A Rainy Day
    With weights of tears the bluebell broke,
    The tall white campion wept in sleeping,
    3 lines
  • The Night Sky
    The moon, beyond her violet bars,
    From towering heights of thunder-cloud,
    15 lines
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