O blest art thou whose steps may rove

O blest art thou whose steps may rove

Author: Felicia D. B. Hemans
Published in 8 hymnals

Author: Felicia D. B. Hemans

Hemans, Felicia Dorothea, née Browne, was born in Liverpool, Sep. 25, 1793. In 1800, her father having suffered severe losses in business, removed with his family near to Abergele, N. Wales, where he died sometime after. In 1812 she was married to Captain Hemans, who, on retiring from the army sometime after, removed to Bronnylfa, near St. Asaph. Some years after he left his wife and children and proceeded to Italy, where he died. In 1828 Mrs. Hemans removed to Wavertree, near Liverpool, and in 1831 to Dublin, where she died May 16, 1835, and was buried in St. Ann's Church, Dawson Street, in that city. From 1808, when at 15 she published Poems, to 1834, when her Scenes & Hymns of Life appeared, she produced a great number of poems and othe… Go to person page >

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First Line: O blest art thou whose steps may rove
Author: Felicia D. B. Hemans
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Selection of Sacred Songs #11

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A Selection of Sacred Songs. 2nd ed. #11

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Bradbury's Sabbath School Melodies, and Family Choir #6

Fruits and Flowers #d97

Songs for the School Room #d73

The Carol #d72

The Sacred Melodeon and The Juvenile Numeral Singer #d25

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The Young Choir #75a

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