Poets

Marian Osborne was a Canadian poet and dramatist.

Life

Osborne was born Marian Francis in Montreal, Quebec, and educated at the Collegiate Institute in London, Ontario, and Trinity College in Toronto, Ontario. She married Charles Bath at seventeen, and lived in Wales until his death five years later, bearing him two sons and a daughter. In 1902 she married Charles Osborne, a lawyer and member of the Toronto Stock Exchange. She was an accomplished athlete, winning championships in swimming and fencing.

Writing

The Times: These poems are all graceful and melodious.... The author tries many metres, both regular and irregular, ... they are well-controlled and lend variety to her muse. For the most part the verses are of love and contemplative moods..... The author's gift of dignified and harmonious verse is at its best in the sonnets; and there is a life given briefly and illuminatingly in 'The Professor's Story,' a little poem in the manner of Browning.