Born: 1821, Wexford, Ire­land.

Died: Feb­ru­a­ry 3, 1896, Chelsea, Eng­land.

Pseudonym: Speranza.

Daughter of Arch­dea­con El­gee, Jane marr­ied Dr. (lat­er Sir) Will­iam Wilde, a Dub­lin ocu­list, in 1851, and was the mo­ther of au­thor Os­car Wilde. Her po­ems ap­peared in The Na­tion, and her other works in­clude:

• The Amer­i­can Ir­ish

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Translations

1. Jesus, Refuge of the Weary