Laura Sophia Temple was a British poet and novelist associated with the Romantic movement.
During her lifetime, Temple published three volumes of poetry, as well as a novel, Ferdinand Fitzormond; or, The Fool of Nature (1806).
[5][3] A contemporary review of the novel reads, "Mrs. Temple, the fair author of some excellent poems, of which we took ample notice in our preceding volume, has produced a ponderous novel, entitled Ferdinand Fitzormond.
[7] Scholar Diego Saglia discussed the work in his book Poetic Castiles in Spain: British Romanticism and Figurations of Iberia.
Of the poem "The Days of Chivalry," Saglia wrote, "Defining chivalry as the reign of Beauty, Temple's poem mourns the end of this system as the cause of the present troubles in Britain and Europe and, in particular, points out a historical evil in the preponderance of masculine politics not tempered by feminine guidance.