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Patience Strong
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<p>Winifred Emma May (4 June 1907 – 28 August 1990) was a <a href="/facts/Poet/B7kr7N5T">poet</a> from the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a>, best known for her work under the <a href="/facts/Pen_name/0FB0nvKF">pen name</a> Patience Strong. Her poems were usually short, simple and imbued with sentimentality, the beauty of nature and inner strength. She was also a successful lyricist, composing English words for the tango <a href="/facts/Jalousie_%2527Tango_Tzigane%2527/Pa2QSpMs">"Jealousy"</a> and "<a href="/facts/The_Dream_of_Olwen/CTR8lqsq">The Dream of Olwen</a>", and an author of several books dealing with <a href="/facts/Christianity/nKyJHlqq">Christianity</a> and practical <a href="/facts/Psychology/duoqW7Sz">psychology</a>. </p>