Kennst du das Land, wo Saronarosen glühn

Kennst du das Land, wo Saronarosen glühn

Author: Mieta Heusse-Schweizer
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Author: Mieta Heusse-Schweizer

Heusser-Schweizer, Meta, daughter of Diethelm Schweizer, pastor of the Reformed Church at Hirzel near Zurich, was born at Hirzel, April 6, 1797, and was married in 1821, to Johann Jakob Heusser, a physician at Hirzel. Dr. Heusser died at Hirzel in 1859, and his widow continued to reside there till her death on January 2, 1876 (Koch, vii. 377-381; Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, xii. 339, 340). She was of a true poetic genius, and may fairly be regarded as the most important of modern German female sacred poets. The Holy Scriptures and the mountain scenery of her lonely home were the chief sources of her poetic inspiration. She was trained in the school of affliction, and her poems breathe the spirit of deep and sincere piety and childlike… Go to person page >

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First Line: Kennst du das Land, wo Saronarosen glühn
Author: Mieta Heusse-Schweizer
Language: German
Copyright: Public Domain

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Gesangbuch fuer Deutsche Sonntagsschulen #d120

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