Henrietta O. Dobree

Short Name: Henrietta O. Dobree
Full Name: Dobree, Henrietta Octavia de Lisle, 1831-1894
Birth Year: 1831
Death Year: 1894

E. 0. D. Under this signature the following hymns appeared in Mrs. Brock's Children's Hymn Book, 1881, some of which have passed into other collections:—
1. Again the morning shines so bright. Morning.
2. Lord, we come to ask Thy blessing. Temperance.
3. O my God, I fear Thee. The Fear of God.
4. Our solemn Lent has come again. Lent.
5. Safely, safely gathered in. Death and Burial. The signature of E. O. D. is that of Mrs. Henrietta Octavia De Lisle Dobree, b. 1831. Originally a member of the Church of England, she joined the Roman Communion some time ago.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)


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