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Famous poet / 1868-1941 • Ranked #86 in the top 500 poets. Jessie Pope was an English author, born in Leicester March 18, 1868 and educated at the North London Collegiate School for Girls from 1883 to 1886. Pope began writing for Punch; between 1902 and 1922 she contributed 170 poems to the magazine.
A Humble Appeal. (The Blue Cross League, 58 Victoria Street, London, S.W., is in need of funds.) SHE was a pretty, nicely mannered mare, The children's pet, the master's pride and care, Until a man in khaki came one day, Looked at her teeth, and hurried her away. With other horses packed into a train. She hungered for her master's voice in vain;
Pope was a prolific writer of occasional poetry and prose, and her work was published widely in periodicals such as the Daily Express, the Evening Standard, The Queen, and the Westminster Gazette. In particular, she wrote humorous verses for Punch magazine, contributing over 170 between 1902 and 1922.
The Zeppelin Armada. Jessie Pope. 1868 –. 1941. To-day, since Zeppelins are in the air, And folks glance skywards as they go their ways, Let us hark back a bit to an affair. That happened in Queen Bess’s sturdy days, When the Armada, backed by Spanish lust—.
Jessie Pope was an English poet, writer and journalist who divided opinion quite dramatically with her motivational style of poetry during the first world war. Almost every line she wrote seemed to be a call to arms, up and at ‘em and to hell with the Kaiser.
Jessie Pope (19 March 1868 – 14 December 1941) was an English poet, writer, and journalist, who remains best known for her patriotic, motivational poems published during World War I. [1]
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Here is the full (opening) text: Jessie Pope (18 March 1868 – 14 December 1941) was an English poet, writer and journalist, who remains best known for her patriotic motivational poems published during World War I. Wilfred Owen directed his 1917 poem' Dulce et Decorum Est' at Pope, whose literary reputation has faded into relative obscurity as ...
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