Wakaŋtaŋka waŋjina ḣciŋ

Author: Joseph Addison

Addison, Joseph, born at Milston, near Amesbury, Wiltshire, May 1, 1672, was the son of the Rev. Lancelot Addison, sometime Dean of Lichfield, and author of Devotional Poems, &c, 1699. Addison was educated at the Charterhouse, and at Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating B.A. 1691 and M.A. 1693. Although intended for the Church, he gave himself to the study of law and politics, and soon attained, through powerful influence, to some important posts. He was successively a Commissioner of Appeals, an Under Secretary of State, Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and Chief Secretary for Ireland. He married, in 1716, the Dowager Countess of Warwick, and died at Holland House, Kensington, June 17, 1719. Addison is most widely known through… Go to person page >

Translator: William J. Cleveland

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First Line: Wakaŋtaŋka waŋjina ḣciŋ
English Title: When All Thy Mercies, O My God
Translator: William J. Cleveland
Author: Joseph Addison
Language: Dakota
Publication Date: 1951
Copyright: This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 1951.

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