Elizabeth Ayton Godwin
Elizabeth Ayton Godwin (4 July 1817 – 26 March 1889) was a Victorian era Christian hymn writer and religious poet. She was born at Thorpe Hamlet, Norfolk, England, 4 July 1817. Her father was William Ellis Etheridge. In 1849, she married Mr. C. Godwin. She published "Songs for the weary", 1865; and "Songs amidst Daily Life". Her hymn in collection is "My Saviour, 'mid life's varied scene" (Lent), written while still a girl, and first printed in the "Evangelical Magazine", and then in "Songs for the Weary", 1865. She died at Stoke Bishop, 26 March 1889. Elizabeth