ALEXANDER (Mrs Cecil Frances, neé Humphreys, 1818-1895, Hymn-writer and Poetess, wife of the Bishop of Derry)

Autograph Manuscript Signed with initials 'C.F.A.', titled "For Flower Sunday" being the 10-verse hymn 'For Flower Sunday' written in 1879 for the Flower Show at St Luke's Church Chelsea beginning with the lines: "Father of this fair Creation, / Dear redeemer of our race, / Thee, we praise in meek oblation, / Brightest things, in holiest place. / Thou hast touch'd the earth with beauty, / Spreading flowers beneath our feet, / Making beautiful our duty, / Making all our service sweet ..." the final verse is "So we bring our flowers, and leave them / For the sick child's lingering touch, / God regard them, Christ receive them / Thou, (not we) hast loved much ...", 2 pages (originally 4 separate pieces laid down together), annotated in another hand, no place,

Cecil Frances Alexander wrote the words for over 400 hymns, her most famous being 'All Things Bright and Beautiful' and 'Once in Royal David's City'. She wrote poetry under various pseudonyms and was involved in charity work for most of her life.

Item Date:  1879

Stock No:  41438      £375

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