Mathilde Blind , was a poet. She was born at Mannheim, Germany, but settled in London about 1849, adopting the surname of her stepfather, Karl Blind. She published several books of poetry including: The Prophecy of Saint Oran and Other Poems , The Heather on Fire: A Tale of Highland Clearances , Songs and Sonnets and Birds of Passage: Songs of the Orient and Occident . She translated Strauss's Old Faith and New and other works. She also wrote Lives of George Eliot in 1883 and Madame Roland in 1886.
Mathilde Blind , was a poet. She was born at Mannheim, Germany, but settled in London about 1849, adopting the surname of her stepfather, Karl Blind. She published several books of poetry including: The Prophecy of Saint Oran and Other Poems , The Heather on Fire: A Tale of Highland Clearances , Songs and Sonnets and Birds of Passage: Songs of the Orient and Occident . She translated Strauss's Old Faith and New and other works. She also wrote Lives of George Eliot in 1883 and Madame Roland in 1886.