Gail,
Much thanks for this thread. I very much like Meynell's work. I first read it in George Macbeth's wonderful anthology "Victorian Verse". Penguin has allowed it to go out of print and has replaced it with an, I think, inferior selection. She is a tough writer, not at all sentimental at her best. Macbeth could be cranky, and I in no way endorse his view, but he seems to prefer Meynell to Christina Rossetti. Still, that much indicates Meynell should be far, far better known.
Best,
Michael Slipp
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