May Probyn

Juliana Mary Louisa Probyn, known as May Probyn (12 April 1856 – 29 March 1909), was an English poet.

Her poem "Is it nothing to you" is in the Oxford Book of English Verse.^[1] She is buried in the Roman Catholic cemetery at Mortlake.^[2]

She is also included in many other anthologies, such as

• The Golden Book of Modern English Poetry (1922),
• The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse (see Oxford religious poetry anthologies)
• The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse (1922) (see Oxford period poetry anthologies)
• The Penguin Book of Victorian Verse (1997) (see Penguin poetry anthologies)

References

• "May Probyn", in William B. Thesing, Victorian Women Poets, 1998. Volume 199 of the Dictionary of Literary Biography.