வாழ்வின் ஒளி நம் ஆண்டவர்

வாழ்வின் ஒளி நம் ஆண்டவர் (Vāḻviṉ oḷi nam āṇṭavar)

Author: Anna L. Barbauld; Translator: John Barathi
Tune: ST. AGNES (Dykes)
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Author: Anna L. Barbauld

Barbauld, Anna Laetitia, née Aikin, daughter of the Rev. John Ailrin, D.D., a dissenting minister, was b. at Kibworth-Harcourt, Leicestershire, June 20, 1743. In 1753 Dr. Aikin became classical tutor at a dissenting academy at Warrington. During her residence there she contributed five hymns to Dr. W. Enfield's Hymns for Public Worship, &c, Warrington, 1772. In the following year these were included in her Poems, Lond., J. Johnson, 1773. In May, 1774, Miss Aikin was married to the Rev. Rochemont Barbauld, a descendant of a French Protestant family, and a dissenting minister. For some years Mr. Barbauld conducted, in addition to his pastoral work, a boarding school at Palgrave, Suffolk. From this he retired in 1785. In 1786 he undertook t… Go to person page >

Translator: John Barathi

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Text Information

First Line: வாழ்வின் ஒளி நம் ஆண்டவர் (Vāḻviṉ oḷi nam āṇṭavar)
Title: வாழ்வின் ஒளி நம் ஆண்டவர்
English Title: Again the Lord of light and life
Author: Anna L. Barbauld
Translator: John Barathi
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: Tamil
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

ST. AGNES (Dykes)

John B. Dykes (PHH 147) composed ST. AGNES for [Jesus the Very Thought of Thee]. Dykes named the tune after a young Roman Christian woman who was martyred in A.D. 304 during the reign of Diocletian. St. Agnes was sentenced to death for refusing to marry a nobleman to whom she said, "I am already eng…

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