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Born: June 20, 1743, Kibworth-Harcourt, Leicestershire, England.
Died: March 9, 1825, Newington Green, England.
Buried: In the family vault, St. Mary’s Church, Stoke Newington (north London), England.


Anna was the daughter of John Aiken, a dissenting minister. In 1753, she became a classics tutor at a dissenting academy in Warrington. During her residence there, she contributed five hymns to Dr. W. Enfield’s Hymns for Public Worship (Warrington: 1772). In 1773, these were included in her Poems (London: J. Johnson, 1773). In May 1774, Anna married Rev. Rochemont Barbauld. The Barbaulds moved to Newington Green in 1802, where she lived the rest of her life.

Barbauld is best known for her poetry, including “The Rights of Woman” and “The Mouse’s Petition.”


Hymns

Again the Lord of Light and Life
Awake, My Soul, Lift Up Thine Eyes
Behold, Where Breathing Love Divine
Come, Said Jesus’ Sacred Voice
God of My Life and Author of My Days
God, Our Kind Master, Merciful as Just
How Blest the Sacred Tie That Binds
How May Earth and Heaven Unite
If Friendless in the Vale of Tears I Stray
Jehovah Reigns, Let Every Nation Hear
Joy to the Followers of the Lord
Lo Where a Crowd of Pilgrims Toil
Our Country is Immanuel’s Ground
Praise to God, Immortal Praise
Pure Spirit, O Where Art Thou Now
Salt of the Earth, Ye Virtuous Few
Sleep, Sleep Today, Tormenting Cares
Sweet is the Scene when Virtue Dies
How Blest the Righteous When He Dies!
This Earthly Globe, the Creature of a Day
When as Returns the Solemn Day
When Life as Opening Buds Is Sweet


Source: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/b/a/r/barbauld_ala.html