Elizabeth Ayton Godwin Explained

Elizabeth Ayton Godwin (4 July 1817 – 26 March 1889) was a Victorian era Christian hymn writer and religious poet.^[1] She was born at Thorpe Hamlet, Norfolk, England, 4 July 1817. Her father was William Ellis Etheridge. In 1849, she married Mr. C. Godwin. She published Songs for the weary in 1873; and Songs amidst Daily Life in 1878. Her hymn in common use is "My Saviour, 'mid life's varied scene" (Lent), written while still a girl, and first printed in the Evangelical Magazine, and then in Songs for the Weary, 1865. She died at Stoke Bishop, 26 March 1889.^[2]

Selected works

• Songs for the Weary: the School of Sorrow and other Poems (1873)
• Songs Amidst Daily Life (1878)

Notes and References

1. Book: Gray . F. Elizabeth . Christian and Lyric Tradition in Victorian Women's Poetry . 10 September 2009 . Routledge . 8 . 978-1-135-23794-3 . 3 February 2022 . en.
2. Book: Julian . John . A Dictionary of Hymnology: Setting Forth the Origin and History of Christian Hymns of All Ages and Nations, with Special Reference to Those Contained in the Hymn Books of English-speaking Countries and Now in Common Use .. . 1892 . Murray . 1567 . 3 February 2022 . en.