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Begin, each soul, the lofty stsrain

Begin, each soul, the lofty stsrain

Author: Elizabeth Singer Rowe
Published in 1 hymnal


Author: Elizabeth Singer Rowe

Rowe, Elizabeth, née Singer, daughter of Walter Singer, an Independent Minister, was born near Frome, Somersetshire, in 1674; married in 1710 to Thomas Rowe, the poet; and died in Feb., 1737. Her works include Friendship in Death; Letters Moral and Entertaining, and Devoute exercises of the Heart (which was revised and published by Dr. Watts). Her Miscellaneous Works in Prose and Verse, which included some of her husband's poems, together with her Hymns and Versions of Psalms, was published posthumously in 1739. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)… Go to person page >

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First Line: Begin, each soul, the lofty stsrain
Author: Elizabeth Singer Rowe
Copyright: Public Domain
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Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #d54

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