Wikipedia Biography
Edward Rowland Sill (April 29, 1841 – February 27, 1887) was an American poet and educator.
Wikipedia Biography
Short Name: | Edward Rowland Sill |
Full Name: | Sill, Edward Rowland, 1841-1887 |
Birth Year: | 1841 |
Death Year: | 1887 |
Sill, Edward Rowland, b. at Windsor, Conn., April 29, 1841, and educated at Yale. He was Prof. of English Literature in the University of California, 1874-1882. He died at Cleveland, O., Feb. 27, 1887. His poetical works include The Hermitage, 1867, and Venus of Milo, 1883. Several of his pieces are in Horder's Treasury of American Sacred Song, 1896-1900. His hymn, "Send down Thy truth, O God" (For the outpouring of the Holy Spirit), in The Pilgrim Hymnal, 1904, is from The Hermitage, 1867.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Texts by Edward Rowland Sill (11) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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Fairest grace our souls | E. R. Sill (Author) | 2 | |
Forenoon and afternoon and night | Edward Rowland Sill (Author) | English | 2 |
Lord Jesus, thou art mine | Edward Sill, 1841-1887 (Author) | 3 | |
Send down Thy truth, O God | Edward R. Sill (Author) | English | 78 |
The royal feast was done | Edward Rowland Sill (Author) | English | 2 |
There lies a little city in the hills | Edward Rowland Sill (Author) | English | 2 |
There's a good time coming, help it on | E. R. Sill (Author) | English | 3 |
This I beheld, or dreamed it in a dream | Edward Rowland Sill (Author) | English | 2 |
We think it is the rule, sir | E. R. Sill (Author) | English | 2 |
What if some morning, when the stars were paling | Edward Rowland Sill (Author) | English | 2 |
What may we take into the vast forever | Edward Rowland Sill (Author) | English | 2 |