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Short Name: | Elizabeth A. E. Godwin |
Full Name: | Godwin, Elizabeth A. E. (Ayton Etheridge), 1817-1889 |
Birth Year: | 1817 |
Death Year: | 1889 |
Godwin, Elizabeth Ayton, née Etheridge, daugher of William Ellis Etheridge, was born at Thorpe Hamlet, Norfolk, July 4, 1817; married in 1849 to Mr. C. Godwin, and died at Stoke Bishop in 1889. She published Songs for the Weary, 1865; and Songs amidst Daily Life. Her hymn in common use is "My Saviour, 'mid life's varied scene" (Lent), written whilst yet a girl, and first printed in the Evangelical Magazine, and then in Songs for the Weary, 1873.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
Texts by Elizabeth A. E. Godwin (1)![]() | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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My Savior, mid life's varied scene | Elizabeth A. Godwin, 1817-1889 (Author) | English | 4 |