Mary Mathews Adams

**Mary Mathews Adams** (bɛ ni daa na m mi so **Mary Mathews Smith** mini **Mary Mathews Barnes**; October 23, 1840 – December 11, 1902) daa nyɛla America niri amaa ka bɛ daa lee n doɣi o Irish. O nyɛla sasabira mini *philanthropist* so ŋun n sabi *hymns* ka di m paai bin pihita bee ka di n gari lala. O *Shakespearian* bohimbu puuni ka o daa n di *repute*. O daa nyɛla ŋun n lɛbi bundana o mini Alfred Smith Barnes ni daa n niŋ amiliya n naai, o daa nyɛla ŋun n-ti niriba sɔŋsim nima ka daa lahi n wuhi ba nirilim din ka ŋmali.
## O piligu biɛhigu mini shikuru baŋsim
Bɛ daa n doɣila Mary Jane Mathews Granard, County Longford, Ireland, silimin goli October biɛɣu pishi ni ata dali, yuuni 1840 puuni. Ŋuna n daa n-nyɛ John Mathews (d. Staten Island, silimin goli April dahinyini dali, yuuni 1869 puuni) ŋun daa n-nyɛ *Protestant* la bi'kpemsani. O ma, ŋun daa n-nyɛ *Catholic* nira la, yuli n daa m booni Anna (Reilly) Mathews (d. Brooklyn, ca. 1850). Bɛ bihi maa zaa —Mary Jane, Robert, Anna, John, nti pahi Virginia Scott (bɛ ni daa n doɣi so New York City la)— daa nyɛla bɛ ni n daa n wumsi shɛba lala Catholic Church maa puuni amaa bɛ zaa puuni bɛ kaluɣi maa n daa n daŋ asori duu maa ni yibu. Bɛ daa nyɛla ban n yi n chaŋ United States yuuni 1846 la puuni polo, saha shɛli Adams ni daa na n nya o yuma ayobu puuni. Brooklyn ka bɛ daŋ maa daa n niŋ dawama.

Saha shɛli Adams ni daa n nya yuun'pia ni ayi bee yuun'pia ni ata la ka o daa n lɛbi Packer Collegiate Institute shikuribia ka daa n bi naagi o bohimbu nimaani ka daa n yi yuuni 1855 la puuni, o yuun'pia ni anu ni. Dinbɔŋɔ nyaaŋa,  o daa chaŋmi nti n kpe *graded* shikuru.
## O tuma
Bɛ daŋ maa kaya ni taada puuni, Adams yuun'pia ni ayopoin ni zaa, o daa pun n nyɛla karimba. Taarihi wuhiya ni bin din daa n gbaai yuuni 1862 puuni la hali ni yuuni 1868 puuni, o daa nyɛla ŋun n-niŋdi o wuhibu Public School No. 15, Degraw Street, Brooklyn puuni.

Yuuni 1869 la *autumn* puuni, Cassius M. Smith ŋun daa n yi Canandaigua, New York puuni na la n daa n lɔ o amiliya. Bɛ daa nyɛla ban n daa n chaŋ Atchison, Kansas bɛ (amiliya maa niŋbu) yuma ayi nyaaŋa ka Adams daa ti n doɣi o bi'yino so ŋun daa m bi paai yuuni ka daa lahi n ŋmaligi ka che ba maa. Cassius Smith daa n kanila yuuni 1876 la puuni n naai ka Adams daa lahi n yi n labi Brooklyn nti n lɛbi Juvenile High School nima karimba. O zaɣasim ni o ni daa n-nyɛ shikurubilitali daa nyɛla din n sɔŋ o pam ka o daa tooi n n lɛbigiri ka m baŋdi Shakespeare, nti pahi o ni daa lahi n doli so'shɛli n karimdi maa puuni. O lala Shakespearian bohimbu puuni ka o daa n di *repute*.

Silimin goli November dabaa ayopoin dali, yuuni 1883 puuni ka o mini Alfred Smith Barnes, ŋun daa n-nyɛ liɣirilana ka nyɛ *publisher* so ŋun m mali zaashee salo puuni ni *philanthropist* la daa n lɔ amiliya. O tuuli paɣa (née Harriet Burr) n daan kani yuuni 1881 la puuni ka n che o ni bidibisi anu mini bipuɣinsi ata. Mr. Barnes yil'shɛli din daa m be Brooklyn puuni ma ka o daa n kani silimin goli February biɛɣu pia ni ayopoin dali, yuuni 1888 puuni. Poi ka o mini Mr. Barnes daa ti naain n niŋ amiliya, saha shɛli o ni daa n nya o yuun'pihinahi ni anahi o daa n lɛbila bundana ka daa n tari tari *benefactions* nima pam. O amiliya ŋɔ puuni, o suhu zaa daa kuli m bela ni o sɔŋ *institutions* shɛŋa din n di o nirilim anfaani nima pam puuni — ŋanima puuni din n yi polo n-nyɛ Home for Incurables mini St. John's Protestant Episcopal Hospital, din m be Brooklyn.

Silimin goli July dabaa awei dali, yuuni 1890 puuni, London tingbani puuni ka o mini Charles Kendall Adams, ŋun daa na n-nyɛ Cornell University nima zuɣulana lala saha maa daa n niŋ amiliya,  ka di daa n-nyɛ *institution* shɛli din daa n dehi *liberal* pina pam Mr. Barnes sani, lala pina ŋɔ tibu puuni ka o mini Mr. Adams daa n tuui m baŋ taba. Mrs. Adams daa nyɛla ŋun daa n-ti shikurubihi shɛba ban daa m be Ithaca mini Madison ka daa n ka liɣiri yiko la sɔŋsim din n ka ŋmali.

O daa nyɛla ŋun n sabi *hymns* ka di kalinli daa m paai bin pihita bee ka di daa n gari lala ka bɛ n zaŋ di pam m pahi yila bukunima puuni; ni di nya poɣu bee yila mini *ballads* pam. Di pam daa nyɛla bɛ ni n zaŋ shɛŋa n kpe yila puuni mini *lyrics* mini *sonnets* pam puuni. O yilanima puuni, niriba ni daa m mi shɛŋa yɛla nima n daa n-nyɛ "The Birds in the Belfry," "Songs that Words can Never Know," nti m pahi "The Spring Will Soon be Here Again." Adams daa n nyɛla yɛltɔɣa taɣimalisilana ŋun odes mini sonnets daa n zooi pam ka n di English nima mini Americanima baŋdiba pam *critics*. O tum'shɛŋa o ni daa n yihi na nima n daa n-nyɛ: *Epithalamium* (N. Y. and London, 1889); *The Choir Visible* (Chicago, 1897); nti m pahi *Sonnets and Songs* (N. Y. and London, 1901). Yuuni 1893 la puuni, World's Congress of Representative Women puuni o daa n dila fiila n jɛndi yɛlkpani ŋɔ "*The Highest Education*".
## O kum mini ''legacy''
Alafee kalinsi n-ti Mr. mini Mrs. Adams daa ti n chemi ka bɛ yi n labi California yuuni 1901 la puuni kikaa saha. O yidana ŋɔ daa nyɛla ŋun n kɔŋ o nyavuli silimin goli July biɛɣu pishi ni ayobu dali, yuuni 1902 puuni, bɛ ni daa n kahi n labi bɛ yil'shɛli din m be Redlands, California la bakɔi dibaa ata puuni. O gba daa nyɛla ŋun n kani chir'bihi nyaaŋa, silimin goli December biɛɣu pia ni yini dali, yuuni 1902 puuni.

Adams daa n zaŋla California Historical Society n-ti California nima ka daa lahi n kpuɣi  o maŋmaŋa *extensive private library* la n ti tabili o *jewels* m pahi ba, ka daa lahi n zaŋ Mary M. Adams Art Fund () n-ti ba m pahi ni bɛ zaŋdi n dari art bukunima n niŋdi *society library* maa puuni  ni bee bɛ mali n dari binyɛra n kuri lala art ŋɔ museum bukaatanima. O ni daa m mali o binshɛli o kum saha — daa bi n galisi, pirimila o kɔrisi Barnes estate puuni ni daa n-nyɛ bɛ ni daa n yori o shɛli m pari taba la zuɣu — daa n ŋmankia o yidana *willed* n daa n-nyɛ li ni ka o daa n diri n niŋdi ʋUniversity of Wisconsin puuni.
## O ''Style'' mini o yɛlkpana
Bɛ ni m boli shɛli ni "Epithalamium" la n-nyɛ sokam ni m mi shɛli zaŋ n kpa o yɛltɔɣa taɣimalisi polo. O verse daa nyɛla din n-nyɛ *lyrical* ka o yɛlkpana nima mii daa n-nyɛ *romance*, *heroism*, nti pahi adiini.

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