Dorothy Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington

Dorothy Wellesley (30 July 1889 – 11 July 1956), styled Lady Gerald Wellesley between 1914 and 1943, was an English socialite, author, poet and literary editor. She was born Dorothy Violet Ashton at Maidenhead.

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• Sun-blistered ships on opal seas,
  Pacific stars split round the skies,
  What have I now to do with these
  Who know the wonder of your eyes?
  • Poem: Winter Flame

• And elm-trees, massed like ostrich feather plumes,
  Are streaked and shot with fire.
  • Poem: Lost Lane