H. Isabel Graham (May 13, 1869 — October 29, 1941) was a Canadian poet.
Early life Hannah Isabel Graham was born at Harpurhey, near Seaforth, Ontario. the daughter of the Rev. William G. Graham, a Presbyterian minister, and Elizabeth Gouinlock. Her parents were both from Scotland. Graham wrote a pamphlet, "Fifty Years of Presbyterianism in Egmondville" (1896), about her father's work.Caledonian Society of Toronto, Selections from Scottish Canadian Poets (Imrie, Graham 1900): 123. H. Isabel Graham studied piano, pipe organ, and harmony at the Toronto College of Music.John William Garvin, ed., Canadian Poems of the Great War (McClelland & Stewart 1918): 70-72."Hannah Isabel Graham" Simon Fraser University Digitized Collections.
Career Graham's poetry was published in Canadian and American newspapers and magazines, and collected in the volumes A Song of December and Other Poems (1904),Carole Gerson, Canadian Women in Print, 1750-1918 (Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2011): 72. Saint Ignace and Other Poems (1934),Hannah Isabel Graham, Saint Ignace and Other Poems (Ryerson Press 1934). and Be of Good Cheer (1939). She sometimes used Scottish English vocabulary, spelling, and other features of the dialect.William Campbell, "Scottish-Canadian Poetry" Canadian Magazine (June 1907): 175. Themes were religious or patriotic, with titles including "There's Aye a Something", "Does Memory Live?" "No Country's Like Our Own Dear Land", "The Prodigal Child", "The Crown",H. Isabel Graham, "The Crown" The Westminster 8(April 1906): 223. "To Those Who Wait"H. Isabel Graham, "To Those Who Wait" The Westminster 8(March 1906): 178. "To An Invalided Soldier", "The Christmas Ship", and "Open the Door".H. Isabel Graham, "Open the Door" Albany Ledger (December 25, 1908): 6. via Newspapers.com
Personal life Hannah Isabel Graham died in 1941, aged 72 years. Her gravesite (under the name "Hannah Isabella Graham") is with those of her parents, at Egmondville, Ontario.About, "Egmondville United Cemetery"
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