Mary D. (Mary Dow) Brine

Born Mary Dow, she published as Mary D. Brine and became known in the United States as a poet, writer for children, and hymn writer in the late 1800s. Reliable sources found in this search identify her especially through her hymn texts and literary work for young readers.

Her writing has a gentle, accessible tone, and she is associated with the kind of uplifting domestic and devotional literature that was widely read in the 19th century. She is still remembered today less as a household name than as a steady presence in older hymnals and period children's literature.

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