Henry and Emma
"Henry and Emma" is a 1709 poem by Matthew Prior. According to the poem's subtitle, it is based on "The Nut-Brown Maid". It is said to have been written at Wittenham Clumps.
"Henry and Emma" is perhaps better known for being alluded to in Jane Austen's 1817 novel Persuasion, in which reference is made to "emulating the feelings of an Emma to her Henry".[1]
The poem has been credited with the popularity of the name Emma.[2]
References
- ^ Backscheider, Paula R. (2010). Eighteenth-Century Women Poets and Their Poetry: Inventing Agency, Inventing Genre. JHU Press.
- ^ Redmonds, George (2007). Names and History: People, Places and Things. Continuum. p. 111.