still "domestic" and "delicate," according to William Bunting, and other writers. Later life Bulmer taught at City Road Chapel, until 1822, and wrote. She was involved in social activities, including the Ladies Working Society, and also did visits at hospitals and with the poor. During this period she worked on Bible stories for children, which were published as Scripture Histories. Joseph Bulmer died on 23 July 1822 from an illness. Bulmer's mother died also. She entered into a deep period of mourning, and wrote a lot of poetry related to death. Bulmer became sick during a trip to the Isle of Wight, and died on 20 August 1836. William Bunting presided over the funeral. She is buried in City Road Chapel. Work Her earliest published work was On the Death of Charles Wesley, in 1788. Bulmer wrote an elegy for Hester Ann Rogers, after Rogers died in 1793. The piece was published in 1794. She wrote Messiah's Kingdom, an epic poem. The latter was published in a series of twelve books, in 1833. Messiahs' Kingdom is considered the longest poem ever written by a woman. The piece took nine years to complete, with over 14,000 lines. Her children's biblical stories, Scripture Histories, were regularly published in Methodist publications. She wrote her first biography in 1835, about her friend Elizabeth Mortimer, The Memoirs of Elizabeth Mortimer. Further reading Collinson, Anne Ross. Memoir of Mrs. Agnes Bulmer. England: London (1837). References Attribution 1775 births 1836 deaths 19th-century English poets English women poets Christian poets Writers from London English Methodists Wesleyan Methodists People from the City of London Women religious writers 19th-century English women writers 19th-century English writers 19th-century British writers