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Julia Anne Elliott

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Julia Anne Elliott

Aliases: Julia Marshall / Julia Anne Marshall

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1809 (Hallsteads, Watermillock, Ullswater, England)
Died
1841-11-03 (England) age 32
Nationality
England
Languages
English
Religion
Christianity
Residence History
Hallsteads, Watermillock → Brighton

Career

Occupations
poet, hymnwriter
Active Years
1832-1841
Influenced By
William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth
Influenced
Charlotte Elliott

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Hail, thou bright and sacred morn

1835 hymn

A Sunday morning hymn addressed to Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Her most famous hymn.

Trinityreligious devotion

We love Thee, Lord, yet not alone

1835 hymn

Her best hymn on the Love of Christ.

Love of Christ

Poems (with: Poems on Sacred Subjects.)

1832 poetry

Her 1832 collection of poems on sacred subjects.

sacred poetry

Bibliography

  • Poems, 1832
  • Hymns in Psalms and Hymns for Public Worship, 1835

Style & Themes

Literary Style
refined poetic tastedeep religious feeling
Recurring Motifs
sacred mornlove of Christdewy even

Health

  • scarlet fever
    1841年10-11月
    Contracted shortly after birth of fifth child Julius, died at age 32.

Legacy

Though she wrote little, her hymns bear refined poetic taste and deep religious feeling. Reputation rests primarily on 'Hail, thou bright and sacred morn,' included in many hymnals.

Trivia

  • Daughter of industrialist John Marshall.
  • Married Rev. Henry Venn Elliott in 1833.
  • Sister-in-law to hymnwriter Charlotte Elliott.
  • Family home visited by Wordsworth siblings.