Little Birds Sleep Sweetly

Little birds sleep sweetly In their soft round nests

Author: Cecil Frances Alexander
Published in 11 hymnals

Author: Cecil Frances Alexander

As a small girl, Cecil Frances Humphries (b. Redcross, County Wicklow, Ireland, 1818; Londonderry, Ireland, 1895) wrote poetry in her school's journal. In 1850 she married Rev. William Alexander, who later became the Anglican primate (chief bishop) of Ireland. She showed her concern for disadvantaged people by traveling many miles each day to visit the sick and the poor, providing food, warm clothes, and medical supplies. She and her sister also founded a school for the deaf. Alexander was strongly influenced by the Oxford Movement and by John Keble's Christian Year. Her first book of poetry, Verses for Seasons, was a "Christian Year" for children. She wrote hymns based on the Apostles' Creed, baptism, the Lord's Supper, the Ten Commandment… Go to person page >

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First Line: Little birds sleep sweetly In their soft round nests
Title: Little Birds Sleep Sweetly
Author: Cecil Frances Alexander
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances (1 - 11 of 11)
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A New Hymnal for Sunday Schools #107

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Childhood Songs #97

Children's Hymnal #19a

Children's Hymnal #19b

Early Flowers #d4

Hymns and Music for the Young. Juvenile series, Pt.II. 5th ed. #d14

Hymns and Poetry for the Young #d61

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Hymns for Little Children #25

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Hymns for Little Children #25

Religious Education Music Manual #d78

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Victorian Hymns #80

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