Sep­tem­ber 23, 1783, Blooms­bu­ry, Mi­d­dle­sex, Eng­land.

Ap­ril 13, 1824, Chip­ping On­gar, Ess­ex, Eng­land.

Chip­ping On­gar, Ess­ex, Eng­land.

Q. Q.

Daughter of en­grav­er and Con­gre­ga­tion­al min­is­ter Isaac Tay­lor, and sis­ter of hymn­ist Ann Tay­lor Gil­bert, Jane’s gift for writ­ing verse dis­played it­self at an ear­ly age. Her first piece was print­ed in the 1804 Mi­nor’s Pock­et Book. Her works in­clude:

• Original Poems, with her sis­ter Ann, 1805
• Hymns for In­fant Minds, with her sis­ter, 1809
• Original Hymns for Sun­day Schools, 1812
• Display, a Tale, 1815
• Essays in Rhymes, 1816
• The Con­tri­bu­tions of Q. Q., pub­lished post­hu­mous­ly by her bro­ther in 1824
• Memoir and Po­et­i­cal Re­mains, pub­lished post­hu­mous­ly by her fa­ther in 1825

• Julian, p. 1116

1. Almighty God, Who Dwell­est High
2. Come, My Fond, Flut­ter­ing Heart
3. Come Let Us Now For­get Our Mirth
4. God Is So Good That He Will Hear
5. God! What a Great and Aw­ful Name
6. How Dread­ful to Be Turned Away
7. Lord, I Would Own Thy Tender Care
8. Love and Kind­ness We May Mea­sure
9. Now Con­des­cend, Al­mighty King
10. Now That My Jour­ney’s Just Be­gun
11. Sinner, Lord, I Stand, A
12. This Is a Pre­cious Book, In­deed
13. What Is There, Lord, a Child Can Do?
14. When Daily I kneel Down to Pray
15. When for Some Lit­tle In­sult Giv­en
16. When to the House of God We Go