Educated at Yale Un­i­ver­si­ty, Sill was a pro­fes­sor of Eng­lish lit­er­a­ture at the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Cal­i­for­nia (1874-1882). His works in­clude:

• The Her­mi­tage (New York: Ley­poldt & Holt, 1868)
• Venus of Mi­lo (Berk­e­ley, Cal­i­for­nia: Pri­vate­ly print­ed, 1882)

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1. Send Down Thy Truth, O God