No­vem­ber 7, 1813, Hart­ford, Con­nec­ti­cut.

May 23, 1883, Hart­ford, Con­nec­ti­cut.

A book deal­er by pro­fess­ion, Rob­bins con­trib­ut­ed prose and verse to news­pa­pers of the day. In the Amer­i­can ci­vil war, he held the rank of first lieu­ten­ant as a quar­ter­mas­ter in the 16th Con­nec­ti­cut Vol­un­teer In­fan­try; cap­tured and held pris­on­er, he was event­u­al­ly re­leased for med­i­cal rea­sons. Af­ter the war, he served as ci­ty clerk in Hart­ford.

• Hughes, pp. 532-3

1. No Night Shall Be in Hea­ven
2. There Is a Land My Eye Hath Seen
3. When Thick­ly Beat the Storms of Life