Born: 31 August 1775, United Kingdom
Died: 20 August 1836
Country most active: United Kingdom
Also known as: Agnes Collinson
The following is excerpted from the Dictionary of National Biography, originally published between 1885 and 1900, by Smith, Elder & Co. It was written by Richard Watson Dixon.
BULMER, AGNES (1775–1836), poet, whose maiden name was Collinson, was born in London, and belonged to the Wesleyan community, having been admitted by Wesley himself. Her only publications were: ‘Memoirs of Mrs. Mortimer,’ one or two hymns, and a long poem entitled ‘Messiah’s kingdom,’ in twelve books, published 1833. This poem, of nearly fourteen thousand verses, is probably the longest work in verse ever composed by a woman. Many passages are very elegant, especially those containing similes. But it never attracted attention, and is now unknown.