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Sarah Fuller Flower Adams, English poet and hymnwriter (died 1848)

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Sarah Fuller Flower Adams

English poet and hymnwriter (1805–1848)

Sarah Fuller Flower Adams was an English poet and hymnwriter. A selection of hymns she wrote, published by William Johnson Fox, included her best-known one, "Nearer, My God, to Thee", reportedly played by the band as the RMS Titanic sank in 1912.
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February 22

Day of the year

February 22 is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 312 days remain until the end of the year.
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