About Meta Orred
Lived 1846 – 1925 (aged 78–79). Meta Orred was a poet and writer.
Meta Caroline Orred (1845 or 1846, in Edinkillie, Elginshire, Scotland – 23 May 1925, in Bournemouth) was an author and poet. Though born in Scotland, she lived most of her life in England, where she produced her literature and poetry. The lyric for the 1877 popular song "In the Gloaming", with music by Annie Fortescue Harrison, comes from Poems.
Selected works Poems (1874) A Long Time Ago (1876) Berthold, and Other Poems (1878) Honor's Worth; or, The Cost of a Vow (1878) Ave (all' Anima mea) (1880) A Dream Alphabet and Other Poems
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British writer
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Meta Orred died in 1925.
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Meta Orred was a poet and writer.
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