[1] Of Eve's poems, the best known are "Conquered at Last," "Woes of Ireland," Unfulfilled," "Filling his Place," "Easter Morning," and "The Lion and the Eagle.

[3] Her great-great-grandfather, Oswell Eve, commanded a man-of-war, The Roebuck, under George III, in ante-revolutionary days.

The family afterward came to America, locating first in Philadelphia, removing to Charleston, South Carolina, and finally to the neighborhood of Augusta, Georgia.

In June 1889, a short poem by her, entitled "A Briar Rose", won the prize offered by The Augusta Chronicle.

Seventy-seven compositions from various parts of the South were produced, and the prize was finally awarded to Eve, the author of "Conquered at Last".