1795–1845

Introduction

Born: Au­gust 5, 1795, Li­ver­pool, Eng­land.

Died: No­vem­ber 13, 1845, Blooms­bury, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Biography

Mary was the daugh­ter of abo­li­tion­ist, Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment, and his­to­ri­an Will­iam Ros­coe, and wife of Tho­mas Je­vons (mar­ried 1825).

Works

She ed­it­ed Po­ems for Youth, by a Fa­mi­ly Cir­cle (Lon­don: 1820), to which her bro­thers and sis­ter con­trib­ut­ed.

From 1831, she al­so ed­it­ed The Sac­red Of­fer­ing, an an­nu­al of orig­in­al and se­lect­ed po­et­ry (Li­ver­pool: D. Mar­ple).

Her last work was Son­nets and Oth­er Po­ems, Chief­ly De­vo­tion­al (Lon­don: Simp­kin, Mar­shall, 1845).

Poem

Sonnet

Upon the mountain’s height He stood—below,
The kingdoms of the world around Him spread
Their glories to His view—the Tempter said,
Fall down and worship me, and I’ll bestow
Upon Thee all these things. Hence, thou shalt bow
To God alone! replied the Holy Son—
Him only shalt thou serve—Satan, begone!
Awed by His voice divine, and threatening brow,
The Tempter instant fled—and borne on wing
Of love, the ministering angels come,
In robes of light, and heaven’s immortal bloom,
Aid from above with gentle hands to bring—
And shall we tremble in our high career,
When He who guarded Jesus still is near?

Mary Roscoe Jevons
Sonnets, and Other Poems, 1845

Sources

Lyrics

  1. O Let Your Ming­ling Voic­es Rise
  2. Thou Must Go Forth Alone, My Soul
  3. When Hu­man Hopes and Joys De­part

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