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Samuel Lover (1797–1868)
Lover, Samuel. An Irish novelist and song-writer; born at Dublin, 1797; died on July 6, 1868. He wrote: ‘Legends and Stories of Ireland’ (1832); a novel, ‘Rory O’More, a National Romance’ (1837); ‘Songs and Ballads’ (1839), including ‘The Low-Backed Car,’ ‘Widow Machree,’ ‘The Angel’s Whisper,’ and ‘The Four-Leaved Shamrock’; ‘Handy Andy, an Irish Tale’ (1842); ‘Treasure Trove’ (1844); ‘Metrical Tales and Other Poems’ (1860). He edited a collection of ‘The Lyrics of Ireland’ (1858). (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).