Cecil Frances Alexander Quotes

Cecil Frances Alexander was born in Dublin, Ireland. She was a Irish poet and writer. By the 1840s she was already known as a hymn writer and her compositions were soon included in Church of Ireland hymnbooks. She also contributed lyric poems, narrative poems, and translations of French poetry to Dublin University Magazine under various pseudonyms. Her book, Hymns for Little Children reached its 69th edition before the close of the nineteenth century. She issued Verses for Holy Seasons; The Lord of the Forest and His Vassals; and Hymns for Little Children.