Anna was the daugh­ter of John Ai­ken, a dis­sent­ing min­is­ter. In 1753, she be­came a class­ics tu­tor at a dis­sent­ing acad­e­my in War­ring­ton. Dur­ing her res­i­dence there, she con­trib­ut­ed five hymns to Dr. W. En­field’s Hymns for Pub­lic Wor­ship (War­ring­ton: 1772). In 1773, these were in­clud­ed in her Po­ems (Lon­don: J. John­son, 1773). In May 1774, An­na mar­ried Rev. Roche­mont Bar­bauld. The Bar­baulds moved to New­ing­ton Green in 1802, where she lived the rest of her life.

Barbauld is best known for her po­etry, in­clud­ing “The Rights of Wo­man” and “The Mouse’s Pe­ti­tion.”

Sources

Hymns

1. Again the Lord of Light and Life
2. Awake, My Soul, Lift Up Thine Eyes
3. Behold, Where Breathing Love Divine
4. Come, Said Jesus’ Sac­red Voice
5. God of My Life and Author of My Days
6. God, Our Kind Mas­ter, Merciful as Just
7. How Blest the Sac­red Tie That Binds
8. How May Earth and Heaven Unite
9. If Friendless in the Vale of Tears I Stray
10. Jehovah Reigns, Let Every Na­tion Hear
11. Joy to the Followers of the Lord
12. Lo Where a Crowd of Pilgrims Toil
13. Our Country is Im­man­u­el’s Ground
14. Praise to God, Immortal Praise
15. Pure Spirit, O Where Art Thou Now
16. Salt of the Earth, Ye Virtuous Few
17. Sleep, Sleep Today, Tormenting Cares
18. Sweet is the Scene when Virtue Dies
    • How Blest the Right­eous When He Dies!
19. This Earthly Globe, the Creature of a Day
20. When as Returns the Solemn Day
21. When Life as Opening Buds Is Sweet