The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Blind, Mathilde

BLIND, Mathilde, German-English poet: b. Mannheim, 21 March 1841; d. London, 26 Nov. 1896. She went to England in 1849, and won fame by her writings: &lsquo;The Prophecy of Saint Oran&rsquo; (1881); &lsquo;Life of George Eliot&rsquo; (1883); &lsquo;Madame Roland&rsquo; (1886); &lsquo;The Heather on Fire,&rsquo; a tale (1886); &lsquo;Ascent of Man&rsquo; (1888); &lsquo;Dramas in Miniature&rsquo; (1891); &lsquo;Songs and Sonnets&rsquo; (1893); and &lsquo;Birds of Passage&rsquo; (1895). Consult &lsquo;Poetical Works of Mathilde Blind,&rsquo; with memoir (London 1900).