Alexander’s hus­band was Will­iam Alex­an­der, bi­shop of Der­ry and Ra­phoe, and lat­er the An­gli­can pri­mate for Ire­land. Ce­cil and her sis­ter found­ed a school for the deaf, and she set up the Girls’ Friend­ly So­ci­e­ty in Lon­don­der­ry. Ce­cil Al­ex­and­er wrote about 400 hymns in her life­time. Her works in­clude:

• Verses from the Ho­ly Scrip­tures, 1846
• Hymns for Lit­tle Child­ren, 1848
• Narrative Hymns for Vill­age Schools, 1853
• Poems on Sub­jects in the Old Test­a­ment, 1854 & 1857
• Narrative Hymns, 1847
• Hymns De­scrip­tive and De­vo­tion­al, 1858
• The Le­gend of the Gold­en Pray­er, and Other Po­ems, 1859
• Moral Songs
• The Lord of the For­est and His Vas­sals: An Al­le­go­ry
• The Sun­day Book of Po­etry (ed­it­or), 1865

• Hatfield, pp. 9-10
• Julian, pp. 38, 1602
• Nutter, p. 387
• Stulken, p. 212
• Taylor, p. 234

1. All Things Bright and Beau­ti­ful
2. Angels Stand Around Thy Throne, The
3. Dear Lord, This Thy Serv­ant’s Day
4. Do No Sin­ful Act­ion
5. Christ Has As­cend­ed Up Again
6. Eternal Gates Lift Up Their Heads, The
   • Golden Gates Are Lift­ed Up, The
   • Golden Gates Lift Up Their Heads, The
7. Every Morn­ing the Red Sun
8. For All Thy Saints, a No­ble Throng
9. Forgive Them, O My Fa­ther
10. Forsaken Once, and Thrice De­nied
11. From Out the Cloud of Am­ber Light
12. He Is Com­ing, He Is Com­ing
13. He Is Ris­en
14. His Are the Thou­sand Spark­ling Rills
15. How Good Is the Al­migh­ty God
16. In Na­za­reth in Old­en Times
17. In the Rich Man’s Gar­den
18. It Was Ear­ly in the Morn­ing
19. Jesus Calls Us
20. O Love Most Pa­tient, Give Me Grace
21. Once in Beth­le­hem of Ju­dah
22. Once in Roy­al Da­vid’s Ci­ty
23. Roseate Hues of Ear­ly Dawn, The
24. Saints of God Are Ho­ly Men, The
25. Saw You Ne­ver, in the Twi­light?
26. So Be It, Lord; the Pray­ers Are Prayed
27. Souls in Heath­en Dark­ness Ly­ing
28. Spirit of God, That Moved of Old
    • Thou Pow­er and Peace
29. St. Pat­rick’s Breast­plate
30. Still Bright and Blue Doth Jor­dan Flow
31. There Is a Green Hill Far Away
32. There Is One Way
33. Up in Hea­ven
34. We Are but Lit­tle Child­ren Weak
    • O Lord, the Ho­ly In­no­cents
35. We Are Lit­tle Chris­tian Child­ren
36. We Were Washed in Ho­ly Wa­ter
37. When Christ Came Down on Earth of Old
    • O Son of God, in Glo­ry Crowned
38. When of Old the Jew­ish Mo­thers
39. When Wound­ed Sore the Strick­en Heart
40. Within the Church­yard, Side by Side