Jane L... Gray

Jane Lewers Gray (1796–1871) was an Irish-born American poet and hymnwriter of the Romantic era. While Weaver claimed, "As a writer of strictly religious poetry, Mrs. Gray is, in our estimation, almost unrivalled", Hart (1873) remarked that, "She is one of the sweetest singers among our second-class lyrists." Selections from the Poetical Writings of Jane Lewers Gray (1872) was published posthumously.

Early life and education Jane Lewers was a daughter of William Lewers, Esquire, of Castleblayney, (Griswold refers to William Lewers as being from Castle Clayney.) was published without the writer's knowledge in England, where it was so highly appreciated as to be translated into other languages. Montgomery, in a letter to Dr. Rev. Gray, remarked, "The critics who have mistaken the beautiful stanzas, 'Morn', for mine, have done me honor; but I willingly forego the claim, and am happy to recognize a sister-poet in the writer."

Selected works Selections from the Poetical Writings of Jane Lewers Gray, 1872 (text)