Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon:
(January 12, 1829 – September 20, 1879).
Born Rosanna Eleanor Mullins.
Canadian writer and poet.
She was “one of the first English-Canadian writers to depict French Canada in a way that earned the praise of, and resulted in her novels being read by, both anglophone and francophone Canadians.”
Oh! Gladly do we welcome thee, fair pleasant month of May. The month which we’ve eager longed to see through many a wintry day.
Fair flowers are springing beneath thy genial ray, and thousand happy birds are singing, all welcome to thee, May!
