arina ▁Haus mann ▁( born ▁ ▁in ▁R iga ; ▁died ▁ ▁in ▁V õ su , ▁Est onia ) ▁was ▁a ▁Balt ic ▁German ▁poet , ▁known ▁for ▁the ▁h ymn ▁" So ▁n imm ▁denn ▁me ine ▁H ände " ▁(" L ord , ▁Take ▁My ▁Hand ▁and ▁Le ad ▁Me "), ▁with ▁a ▁mel ody ▁by ▁Friedrich ▁Sil cher . ▁Ear lier ▁transl ations ▁had ▁been ▁made ▁by ▁H erman ▁Br ue ck ner ▁as ▁" O ▁take ▁my ▁hand , ▁dear ▁Father " ▁and ▁El mer ▁Leon ▁J org enson ▁as ▁" Take ▁Th ou ▁My ▁Hand , ▁and ▁Le ad ▁Me ". ▁The ▁h ymn ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁translated ▁by ▁Mar tha ▁D . ▁L ange , ▁whose ▁version ▁appears ▁in ▁Great ▁Songs ▁of ▁the ▁Church ▁Re vised ▁( 1 9 8 6 ). ▁ ▁Haus mann ▁was ▁the ▁daughter ▁of ▁a ▁teacher . ▁She ▁worked ▁for ▁a ▁while ▁as ▁a ▁gover ness , ▁but ▁due ▁to ▁her ▁ill ▁health ▁lived ▁with ▁and ▁c ared ▁for ▁her ▁father , ▁who ▁had ▁gone ▁blind . ▁After ▁his ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 4 , ▁she ▁lived ▁with ▁her ▁sister s ▁in ▁Germany , ▁Southern ▁France ▁and ▁St . ▁Petersburg , ▁Russia . ▁She ▁died ▁during ▁a ▁summer ▁vac ation ▁in ▁Est onia . ▁ ▁A ▁legend ▁holds ▁that ▁Haus mann ▁wrote ▁her ▁most ▁famous ▁poem ▁" So ▁n imm ▁denn ▁me ine ▁H ände " ▁after ▁journey ing ▁to ▁see ▁her ▁f ian cé ▁at ▁a ▁mission ▁and