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Emily Henrietta Hickey (1845–1923) was an Irish author, narrative poet and translator. She was born in Macmine Castle, near Enniscorthy in County Wexford, daughter of the Rev. J. S. Hickey, Protestant rector of Goresbridge and granddaughter of Rev. William Hickey ("Martin Doyle"), an agriculturist. She studied at Cambridge and then became lecturer in English language and literature at University College there. She sold her first poem, "Told in the Twilight" to the ''Cornhill Magazine'' in 1866 and afterwards contributed to ''Longman's Magazine'', ''Good Words'', ''The Athenaeum'', the ''Irish Monthly'' and many others. Her first book of poems, ''A Sculptor'', ensured her success as a poet. She followed this with ''Verse Tales, Lyrics, and Translations'' (1889), '' Verse-Translations, and other poems'' (1891), ''Michael Villiers, Idealist, and other poems'' (1891), ''Ancilla Domini'' (1898) and ''Our Lady of May and other Poems'' (1902). She also wrote many short stories.〔D. J. O'Donoghue: ''Poets of Ireland'', Hodges Figgis, Dublin, 1912. p. 195〕 With Frederick James Furnivall she founded the Browning Society in 1881. Hickey wrote about ten books dealing with religious matters after converting to Catholicism in 1901.〔"Emily Henrietta Hickey, 1845–1924." Irish Women Authors: An Exhibition. University of Delaware Library. Newark, Delaware. 1994, p. 7.〕 One of her better-known poems is ''Beloved, It Is Morn''.〔(A transcript of the poem "Beloved, It Is Morn''. )〕 The poem has been set to music by composer Florence Aylward and recorded by tenors Charles Hackett and Harry Anthony. She died in London. == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Emily Henrietta Hickey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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