Elizabeth Ayton Godwin

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Elizabeth Ayton Godwin (4 July 1817 – 26 March 1889) was a Victorian era Christian hymn writer and religious poet.{{cite book |last1=Gray |first1=F. Elizabeth |title=Christian and Lyric Tradition in Victorian Women's Poetry |date=10 September 2009 |publisher=Routledge |page=8 |isbn=978-1-135-23794-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MgiPAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT8 |access-date=3 February 2022 |language=en}} She was born at Thorpe Hamlet, Norfolk, England, 4 July 1817. Her father was William Ellis Etheridge. In 1849, she married Mr. C. Godwin. She published Songs for the weary in 1873; and Songs amidst Daily Life in 1878. Her hymn in common use is "My Saviour, 'mid life's varied scene" (Lent), written while still a girl, and first printed in the Evangelical Magazine, and then in Songs for the Weary, 1865. She died at Stoke Bishop, 26 March 1889.{{cite book |last1=Julian |first1=John |title=A Dictionary of Hymnology: Setting Forth the Origin and History of Christian Hymns of All Ages and Nations, with Special Reference to Those Contained in the Hymn Books of English-speaking Countries and Now in Common Use .. |date=1892 |publisher=Murray |page=1567 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HSxiEP6RQuYC&pg=PA1567 |access-date=3 February 2022 |language=en}}