Day by day the little daisy

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Day by day the little daisy

Author: Cecil Frances Alexander
Published in 6 hymnals

Author: Cecil Frances Alexander

As a small girl, Cecil Frances Humphries (b. Redcross, County Wicklow, Ireland, 1818; Londonderry, Ireland, 1895) wrote poetry in her school's journal. In 1850 she married Rev. William Alexander, who later became the Anglican primate (chief bishop) of Ireland. She showed her concern for disadvantaged people by traveling many miles each day to visit the sick and the poor, providing food, warm clothes, and medical supplies. She and her sister also founded a school for the deaf. Alexander was strongly influenced by the Oxford Movement and by John Keble's Christian Year. Her first book of poetry, Verses for Seasons, was a "Christian Year" for children. She wrote hymns based on the Apostles' Creed, baptism, the Lord's Supper, the Ten Commandment… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Day by day the little daisy
Author: Cecil Frances Alexander
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

CARTER (Carter)BATTY (123234)ST. OSWALD (Dykes 53617)Highcharts.com
Frequency of use
CARTER (Carter)


BATTY (123234)


ST. OSWALD (Dykes 53617)


Timeline

Appearance of this hymn in hymnals1872.518751877.518801882.518851887.518901892.518951897.51900050100Percent of hymnalsHighcharts.com

Instances

Instances (1 - 6 of 6)
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Sabbath-School Hymn-Book #35

Songs for the Harvest Field #d23

The Children's Hymnal #21

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The Church Hymnary #524

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The Scottish Hymnal #407a

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The Scottish Hymnal #407b

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