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Liederlust und Psalter #33
Display Title: Erlöst First Line: Gottlob, auch mir strömt dort die Fluth Tune Title: [Gottlob, auch mir strömt dort die Fluth] Author: P. H.; William Cowper Date: 1882
Liederlust und Psalter #33
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Erlöst
Gottlob, auch mir strömt dort die Flut
Translator: P. Haering; Author: William CowperTune: [There is a fountain filled with blood] (51332)
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Translator: P. Haering
(no biographical information available about P. Haering.) Go to person page >Author: William Cowper
William Cowper (pronounced "Cooper"; b. Berkampstead, Hertfordshire, England, 1731; d. East Dereham, Norfolk, England, 1800) is regarded as one of the best early Romantic poets. To biographers he is also known as "mad Cowper." His literary talents produced some of the finest English hymn texts, but his chronic depression accounts for the somber tone of many of those texts. Educated to become an attorney, Cowper was called to the bar in 1754 but never practiced law. In 1763 he had the opportunity to become a clerk for the House of Lords, but the dread of the required public examination triggered his tendency to depression, and he attempted suicide. His subsequent hospitalization and friendship with Morley and Mary Unwin provided emotional st… Go to person page >Instances
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Liederlust und Psalter mit Anhang #33
Display Title: Erlöst First Line: Gottlob, auch mir strömt dort die Fluth Tune Title: [Gottlob, auch mir strömt dort die Fluth] Author: P. H.; William Cowper Date: 1884
Liederlust und Psalter mit Anhang #33
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