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When evening clouds hang clustering round the sun

When evening clouds hang clustering round the sun

Author: Caroline M. Noel
Published in 1 hymnal


Author: Caroline M. Noel

Caroline Marie Noel (b. Teston, Kent, England, 1817; d. St. Marylebone, London, England, 1877) The daughter of an Anglican clergyman and hymn writer, she began to write poetry in her late teens but then abandoned it until she was in her forties. During those years she suffered frequent bouts of illness and eventually became an invalid. To encourage both herself and others who were ill or incapacitated, Noel began to write devotional verse again. Her poems were collected in The Name of Jesus and Other Verses for the Sick and Lonely (1861, enlarged in 1870). Bert Polman… Go to person page >

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First Line: When evening clouds hang clustering round the sun
Author: Caroline M. Noel
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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