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Why this longing, thus forever sighing

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Hymnal: Hymns for First-Day Schools #128 (1863) Languages: English
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Hymnal: Hymns for First-Day Schools (Rev. and Enl.) #128 (1869) Languages: English
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Why this longing, thus forever sighing

Author: Harriet L. Winslow Hymnal: Songs of the Unity #d242 (1859)
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Harriet Winslow Sewall

1819 - 1889 Author of "Why this longing, thus forever sighing" Sewell, Harriet Winslow; born June 30, 1819 in Portland, Mane; daughter of Nathan Winslow and Comfort Hussey; married Charles List in 1848; married Samuel Sewall in 1856; became interested in abolitionism and transcendentalism in the 1840s; active in philanthropic work, women’s suffrage movement, and educational work; a founder of the New England Women’s Club; edited letters of her friend, Lydia Maria Child in 1833; wrote poetry which was collected and published by Ednah D. Cheyney in 1889; died April 19, 1889 in Wellesley, Massachusetts. LOC Name Authority Files
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