The boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but he had fled; The flame that lit the battle’s wreck Shone round him o’er the dead.
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| Birth: | 25th September, 1793 |
| Death: | 16th May, 1835 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Poet |
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Felicia Dorothea Hemans was born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England. She was an English poet. Her major collections, including The Forest Sanctuary, Records of Woman, and Songs of the Affections were immensely popular, especially with female readers. Hemans' poem The Homes of England is the origin of the phrase stately home in English. Her most famous work is the poem entitled “Casabianca.”
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