1857–1945

Introduction

Born: Feb­ru­ary 23, 1857, Al­le­ghe­ny, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Died: Jan­ua­ry 13, 1945, Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Buried: For­est Hills Ce­me­te­ry, Ja­mai­ca Plain, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

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Biography

Margaret was the daugh­ter of Sam­ple Camp­bell and Ma­ry Mar­ga­ret­ta Wade.

Works

Poem

Jonquils

Blow, golden trumpets, sweet and clear,
Blow soft upon the perfumed air;
Bid the sad earth to join your song,
To Christ does victory belong!

Oh, let the winds your message bear
To every heart of grief and care;
Sound through the world the joyful lay,
Our Christ has conquered Death today!

On cloudy wings let glad words fly
Through the soft blue of echoing sky:
Ring out, O trumpets, sweet and clear,
Through Death immortal LIfe is here!

Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
The Old Gar­den, and Oth­er Vers­es, 1886

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