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Die liebe Sonne, treu und hold

Die liebe Sonne, treu und hold

Author: Fr. Meta Heußer-Schweizer
Published in 3 hymnals

Author: Fr. Meta Heußer-Schweizer

Heusser-Schweizer, Meta, daughter of Diethelm Schweizer, pastor of the Reformed Church at Hirzel near Zurich, was born at Hirzel, April 6, 1797, and was married in 1821, to Johann Jakob Heusser, a physician at Hirzel. Dr. Heusser died at Hirzel in 1859, and his widow continued to reside there till her death on January 2, 1876 (Koch, vii. 377-381; Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, xii. 339, 340). She was of a true poetic genius, and may fairly be regarded as the most important of modern German female sacred poets. The Holy Scriptures and the mountain scenery of her lonely home were the chief sources of her poetic inspiration. She was trained in the school of affliction, and her poems breathe the spirit of deep and sincere piety and childlike… Go to person page >

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First Line: Die liebe Sonne, treu und hold
Author: Fr. Meta Heußer-Schweizer
Language: German
Copyright: Public Domain
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Deutsches Gesang- und Choralbuch #a378

Deutsches Gesang- und Choralbuch #a378
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Deutsches Gesangbuch #378

Deutsches Gesangbuch #378
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Deutsches Gesangbuch #378

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