Hernamewaswellknownandbecamewidelyfamiliarwhenher“CryoftheChildren“ranglikeaclarionthroughoutthecountry。
ThepoemwasfoundeduponanofficialreportbyRichardHengistHorne，thefriendwhomsomeyearspreviouslyshehadwonincorrespondence，andwithwhomshehadbecomesointimate，thoughwithoutpersonalacquaintance，thatshehadagreedtowriteadramaincollaborationwithhim，tobecalled“PsycheApocalypte“，andtobemodelledon“Greekinsteadofmoderntragedy。“
Horneapoetofgenius，andadramatistofremarkablepower
wasoneofthetruestfriendssheeverhad，and，sofarasherliterarylifeisconcerned，camenextininfluenceonlytoherpoet-husband。
Amongthefriendsshesawmuchofintheearlyfortieswasadistant“cousin“，JohnKenyonajovial，genial，gracious，andaltogetherdelightfulman，whoactedthepartofProvidencetomanytroubledsouls，and，inparticular，was“afairygodfather“toElizabethBarrettandto“theotherpoet“，asheusedtocallBrowning。ItwastoMr。Kenyon“Kenyon，withthefaceofaBenedictinemonk，butthemostjovialofgoodfellows，“