Christians (1791); Natural History, etc.; Emma, or the Foundling of the Wood, and Belisarius (1803). She sought to preserve the work of Irish poets, which she believed would be lost if not translated. This example of Brooke's work is taken from a poem in Joseph C. Walker's Historical Memoirs of the Irish Bards where her translation produces eight lines from an original four. Carolan's Monody on the Death of Mary Mac Guire Were mine the choice of intellectual fame, Of spelful song, and eloquence divine, Painting’s sweet power, philosophy’s pure flame, And Homer’s lyre, and Ossian’s Harp were mine; The splendid arts of Erin, Greece, and Rome, In Mary lost, would lose their wonted grace, All would I give to snatch her from the tomb, Again to fold her in my fond embrace. Original stanza from Duan Mharbhna a Mhna, Maire Ni-Meic-Guidhir (le Toirdhealbhach Ua-Cearbhallain) INNTLEACHT na Hereann, na Gréige ’sna Rómha, Biodh uile a néinfheacht, a naen bheirtin rómhamsa, Ghlacfuinn mur fhéirin, tar an mhéidsin dona seoda, Máire on Eírne, as mé bheith dha pógadh. References Further reading External links Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page People from County Cavan Irish poets Linguists from Ireland Irish translators 1740s births 1793 deaths 18th-century Irish writers Irish women poets 18th-century Irish women writers Irish-language writers 18th-century translators