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C.D. Warner, et al., comp.
The Library of the World’s Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.

Caroline Bowles Southey (1786–1854)

Southey, Caroline Ann (Bowles) (south’y or suTH‘y). An English poet, wife of Robert Southey; born at Lymington, Hampshire, Dec. 6, 1786; died there, July 20, 1854. A collection of her poems published in 1820 brought her to the notice of the world of letters. ‘The Pauper’s Death-Bed’ is well known. She is the author of ‘Ellen Fitz-Arthur,’ a poem (1820); ‘The Widow’s Tale, and Other Poems’ (1822); ‘The Birthday’ (1836); ‘Tales of the Factories,’ in verse (1847).