Born: De­cem­ber 17, 1638, Marb­urg, Ger­ma­ny.

Died: De­cem­ber 13, 1683, Qued­lin­burg, Ger­ma­ny.

Daughter of Land­grave Georg II of Hes­sen-Darm­stadt, Anna was care­ful­ly ed­u­cat­ed. In 1657 she was elect­ed Pröbstin of the Lu­ther­an Fürsten-Töchter-Stift at Qued­lin­burg; she be­came Abbess there in 1680. Her hymns, con­tem­pla­tions on the un­ion of the soul with Christ, in the spir­it of the Can­ti­cles, most­ly ap­peared in her de­vo­tion­al work:

• Der Treue Seel­en-Freund Christ­us Je­sus mit nach denk­lich­en Sinn-Ge­mähl­den, an­mu­thig­en Lehr-Ge­dich­ten und neu­en geist­reich­en Ge­säng­en, ab­ge­druckt und vor­ge­stell­et (Je­na, Ger­ma­ny: 1658)

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Lyrics

1. Rede, liebster Jesu
   • Speak, O Lord, Thy Ser­vant Hear­eth
2. Wohl dem der Jesum lieb­et
   • How Happy They, Who Know and Love
   • What Joy to Love the Savior