age of 43 and was buried beside her sister and parents in the Foster Street cemetery near Harlow. At her grave was sung the only other hymn of hers that was widely known, "He sendeth sun, he sendeth shower". A blue plaque honouring the husband and wife was placed at their Loughton home: they had no children. Richard Garnett wrote of her: "All who knew Mrs. Adams personally speak of her with enthusiasm; she is described as a woman of singular beauty and attractiveness, delicate and truly feminine, high-minded, and in her days of health playful and high-spirited." Selected works "Nearer, my God, to Thee" "He sendeth sun, he sendeth shower" "Creator Spirit! Thou the first." "Darkness shrouded Calvary." "Gently fall the dews of eve." "Go, and watch the Autumn leaves." "O hallowed memories of the past." "O human heart! thou hast a song." "O I would sing a song of praise." "O Love! thou makest all things even." "Part in Peace! is day before us?" "Sing to the Lord! for His mercies are sure." "The mourners came at break of day." References Citations Sources Attribution External links 1805 births 1848 deaths 19th-century English women writers 19th-century English writers 19th-century British writers 19th-century deaths from tuberculosis English women poets English Unitarians People from Harlow People from Loughton English nonconformist hymnwriters Infectious disease deaths in England People associated with Conway Hall Ethical Society British women hymnwriters 19th-century British women musicians People from Dalston Tuberculosis deaths in England