Short Name: | H. C. Andersen |
Full Name: | Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875 |
Birth Year: | 1805 |
Death Year: | 1875 |
Andersen, Hans Christian, son of poor parents, was born at Odense, Denmark, April 2, 1805, and died Aug. 4, 1875. He is well known as a poet, and a writer for children. His Christmas Carol, "Child Jesus comes from heavenly height," translated from the Danish, is in The Evangelical Hymnal, N. Y., 1880.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
Texts by H. C. Andersen (8)![]() | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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Child Jesus came from heaven to earth | H. C. Andersen (Author) | English | 5 |
Child Jesus came to earth this day | Hans Andersen, 1805-1875 (Author) | English | 6 |
Child Jesus comes from heaven above | H. C. Andersen (Author) | English | 2 |
Child Jesus comes from heavenly height | Hans Christian Andersen, 1805-1875 (Author) | English | 13 |
Der Abend senkt sich leise | H. C. Andersen (Author) | German | 2 |
Moder, jeg er tr't, nu vil jeg | Hans Christian Andersen (Author) | 2 | |
Mother, I am tired, let me slumber | H. C. Andersen (Author) | English | 3 |
Mother, I'm tired and I would fain be sleeping | Hans Christian Andersen (Author) | English | 4 |