1802–1892

Introduction

Born: Feb­ru­ary 7, 1802, New­bur­y­port, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Died: Sep­tem­ber 8, 1892, Wes­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Buried: Mount Au­burn Ce­me­te­ry, Cam­bridge, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Biography

Louisa was the daugh­ter of John Park and Ag­nes Ad­ams, and wife of Ed­ward Brooks Hall, min­is­ter of the First Uni­ta­ri­an Church of Pro­vi­dence, Rhode Is­land (mar­ried Oc­to­ber 1, 1840).

She moved to Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts, af­ter her hus­band’s death in 1866. Ma­ny of her po­ems were pub­lished ano­ny­mous­ly in pe­ri­od­ic­als.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. And Are You in the Stars, Dear Lord?
  2. I Would My Work Were Bet­ter Done
  3. Never, My Heart, Wilt Thou Grow Old
  4. No Words of La­bored Pray­er I Know
  5. Of Idle Hopes and Fan­cies Wild
  6. There Is a Some­thing Sweet and Pure
  7. When Je­sus Trod by Thy Blue Sea

Help Needed

If you where to get a good pho­to of Hall (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),