Sarah Flower Adams

Sarah Flower Adams Poems

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O Love! thou makest all things even
In earth or heaven;
Finding thy way through prison-bars
Up to the stars;
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Part in peace: is day before us?
Praise His Name for life and light;
Are the shadows lengthening o'er us?
Bless His care Who guards the night.
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O Love! thou makest all things even
In earth or heaven;
Finding thy way through prison-bars
Up to the stars;
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Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee!
E'en though it be a cross
That raiseth me:
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He sendeth sun, he sendeth shower,
Alike they're needful for the flower:
And joys and tears alike are sent
To give the soul fit nourishment.
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He sendeth sun, he sendeth shower,
Alike they're needful for the flower:
And joys and tears alike are sent
To give the soul fit nourishment.
...

Sarah Flower Adams Biography

Sarah Adams, née Flower, was born at Harlow, Essex on 22 February 1805, and died in London on 14 August, 1848. She was the younger daughter of Benjamin Flower, editor and owner of The Cambridge Intelligencer; and was married, in 1834, to William Brydges Adams, a well-known inventor and civil engineer. In 1841 she published 'Vivia Perpetua', a dramatic poem dealing with the conflict of heathenism and Christianity; and in 1845, the 'Flock at the Fountain', a catechism and hymns for children. As a member of the congregation of the Rev. William Johnson Fox, a Unitarian minister in London, she contributed 13 hymns to the Hymns and Anthems, published in 1841. Of these hymns, the most widely known are 'Nearer, my God, to Thee', and 'He sendeth sun, He sendeth showers'. 'Robert Browning' admired her and was a frequent correspondent. There is a tradition that the band played "Nearer, my God, to Thee" on the Titanic as the ship sank. She was painted by 'Margaret Gillies', a Scottish artist who worked in London. Unitarian in belief, like many major writers and social reformers of the period, her convictions owed much to health reformer Thomas Southwood Smith (with whom she lived for over twenty years) and to her association with 'William Johnson Fox''s radical Unitarian congregation of the 1830s. Through these connections she met 'William Wordsworth', 'Charles Dickens', 'Leigh Hunt', 'Harriet Martineau', 'Richard Hengist Horne', Sarah Flower Adams and many other celebrities of the time, a large number of whom she portrayed (reproduced above). She contributed to the first illustrated Government report (on Children in the Mines). Her feminism and professionalism, the nature of her work, and her unconventional lifestyle were all grounded in Unitarianism, the most progressive and liberating ideology of the 19th century.)

The Best Poem Of Sarah Flower Adams

Love

O Love! thou makest all things even
In earth or heaven;
Finding thy way through prison-bars
Up to the stars;
Or, true to the Almighty plan,
That out of dust created man,
Thou lookest in a grave,--to see
Thine immortality!

Sarah Flower Adams Comments

Thomas Revitt 31 January 2014

Her hymn Nearer My God to thee was the last hymn played as the Titanic went down. It was also played at the ship wreck of the SS Valencia….Also for the Memorial of the US Ambassador and others killed in the terrorist attack at Benghazi Tripoli

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Mahtab Bangalee 26 May 2019

Sarah Adams beautiful pious poetess; her poems said the speech of God; her poems praised the God spiritually; her poems raised the voice on HYMN of divine sense; Love this poetess very much

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M Asim Nehal 03 February 2019

A wonderful poet, i wish to see more poem written by her.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 24 October 2023

Robert Browning' admired her and was a frequent correspondent. WOW!

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Sylvia Frances Chan 24 October 2023

A marvelous poetess, Robert Browning liked to correspond with her.

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Alaina 30 September 2021

pretty name wow wow wow

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Sylvia Frances Chan 02 July 2021

Her feminism and professionalism, the nature of her work, and her unconventional lifestyle were all grounded in Unitarianism, the most progressive and liberating ideology of the 19th century.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 02 July 2021

As a member of the congregation of the Rev. William Johnson Fox, a Unitarian minister in London, she contributed 13 hymns to the Hymns and Anthems, published in 1841.

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