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M. E. Barber

1818–1899


M. E. Barber (Mary Elizabeth Barber, 1818–1899) is one of the named contributors to The Poetry of South Africa, collected and arranged by A. Wilmot (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington; Cape Town: J. C. Juta & Co., 1887), an anthology of verse from the Cape Colony, Natal and the Transvaal.

This archive holds 1 poem printed under this name in that volume, in Wilmot’s spelling. Her poem is dated Grahamstown, 9 March 1884. Dates are those of a standard reference.

  1. The Erythrina Tree

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