A Selection of Spiritual Songs #706
Display Title: When adverse winds and waves arise First Line: When adverse winds and waves arise Author: L. H. H. Sigourney Date: 1878
A Selection of Spiritual Songs #706
1 When adverse winds and waves arise,
And in my heart despondence sighs;
When life her throng of cares reveals,
And weakness o'er my spirit steals,
Grateful I hear the kind decree,
That "as my day, my strength shall be."
2 One trial more must yet be past,
One pang--the keenest and the last;
And when, with brow convulsed and pale,
My feeble, quivering heart-strings fail,
Redeemer! grant my soul to see
That "as my day, my strength shall be."
Source: Laudes Domini: a selection of spiritual songs ancient and modern #879
Sigourney, Lydia, née Huntley. This distinguished name stood at the head of the female poets of America a generation ago, and is still well remembered. Born in Norwich, Connecticut, in 1791, she conducted a school in the same town from 1809 to 1814, when she removed to Hartford, where she was married to Charles Sigourney in 1819. Most of her subsequent life was spent at Hartford, and she died there, June 10, 1865. Her first publication was Moral Pieces in Prose and Verse, 1815. This was followed by 58 additional works. A thorough exploration of these, or of such of them are poetical, would be necessary to trace her hymns with accuracy. They, however, are more numerous than important. Many have been used in the older collections; some are… Go to person page >| First Line: | When adverse winds and waves arise |
| Author: | Mrs. L. H. Sigourney |
| Language: | English |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
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