Mary Robinson (1758-1800)

Mary Robinson was born in England in 1758. Her works include Elegiac Verses to a Young Lady on the Death of her Brother; who was Slain in the Late Engagement at Boston (1775), Poems by Mrs. M. Robinson (1791), Monody to the Memory of the Late Queen of France (1793), Audley Fotescue (1795), and Ellinda: or the Abbey of St. Aubert (1800), among many others. Robinson was also known as the first mistress of the Prince of Wales, who would later become King George IV. In addition to writing poetry, Robinson was an ardent feminist and staunch supporter of the rights of women, convictions she displayed by living separately from her husband and having numerous affairs.

POEMS
January, 1795