Hope Temple, née Dotie Davis (1859–1938) was an Irish

Irish people

The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

 songwriter and composer. She was also known as Mrs. André Charles Prosper Messager and Dottie Davis.

Alice Davis was born in Dublin, Ireland and was known professionally as Hope Temple. She assisted French conductor and composer André Messager

André Messager

André Charles Prosper Messager , was a French composer, organist, pianist, conductor and administrator. His stage compositions included ballets and 30 opéra comiques and operettas, among which Véronique, had lasting success, with Les p'tites Michu and Monsieur Beaucaire also enjoying international...

 with the opera Mirette

Mirette (opera)

Mirette is an opéra comique in three acts composed by André Messager, first produced at the Savoy Theatre, London, on 3 July 1894.Mirette exists in two distinct versions. The first version of the libretto was written in French by Michel Carré but this was never performed. English lyrics were...

and then became his second wife in 1895.

Works

Hope Temple was known primarily for popular songs. Selected works include:

• Auf Wiederseh'n (Text by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
• I love thee (Text by Thomas Hood)
• The poet's song (Text by Lord Alfred Tennyson)
• Tis all that I can say (Text by Thomas Hood)
• In Sweet September (Text by Frederic E. Weatherly)
• An Old Garden (Text by Helen Marion Burnside)
• My Lady's Bower (Text by Frederic E. Weatherly)
• Colin Deep (Text by William Akerman)
• Mirette opera comique, with Andre Messager, Frederic E. Weatherly, Harry Greenbank and Adrian Ross