b. 1834 Composer of "[We thank the Lord for daily bread]" in Songs of Cheer for Children Hodges, Daniel Franklin, poet, composer, was born Feb. 17, 1835, in Belfast, Maine. He has written twelve music books; two operettas; one dramatic cantata; and a number of sheet music pieces.
from Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography
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Hodges’ works include:
Sacred Crown, with G. W. Foster (Lee and Shepard, 1871)
Lingering Memories, with John Greenleaf Whittier (J. D. Russell & Company, 1874)
Living Waters (Oliver Ditson & Company, 1875)
Golden Sunbeams, with John Tenney (Lee and Shepard, 1876)
The Shining Strand, 1881
Boundless Love, 1883
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D. F. Hodges