1817 - 1889 Person Name: Elizabeth A. Godwin, 1817-1889 Author of "My Savior, 'Mid Life's Varied Scene" in The Cyber Hymnal Godwin, Elizabeth Ayton, née Etheridge, daugher of William Ellis Etheridge, was born at Thorpe Hamlet, Norfolk, July 4, 1817; married in 1849 to Mr. C. Godwin, and died at Stoke Bishop in 1889. She published Songs for the Weary, 1865; and Songs amidst Daily Life. Her hymn in common use is "My Saviour, 'mid life's varied scene" (Lent), written whilst yet a girl, and first printed in the Evangelical Magazine, and then in Songs for the Weary, 1873.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
Elizabeth A. E. Godwin