#December 12, 1907
#OTD James Rigg, #Scottish #Victorian #Poet, #HymnWriter, & #Composer, died.

His book on #WildFlowers begins,

From #Boyhood, I have been #InLove with #Wildlings.
I rank them among my #Teachers & #Preachers.

If [my #Poems] lead one here + there with a #Lighter #Heart,
To gather imperishable #Treasures
From #Lovely #Blossoms that #Kiss #Clear #Brooks & #Mountain Wells -
I shall have done my #Little to check
The #Nature-#Forgetting #Tendencies of #CityLife.

#Flower

#November 25, 1748
#OTD Isaac #Watts, #Hymnwriter, died.
The #Godfather of #English Hymnody #Wrote: O God our Help in Ages Past & #Joy to the #World.
Isaac didn't set #Scripture to #Song; he wrote original #Verse:

We are a #Garden walled around,
#Chosen and made peculiar ground;
A little spot enclosed by #Grace
Out of the world's wide #Wilderness.

Awake, O, #Heavenly #Wind! And come,
Blow on this #Garden of #Perfume;
#Spirit divine! descend & breathe
A gracious #Gale on #Plants beneath.