freeborn | ἐλεύθερος on Nostr: I don't mean this to be a criticism, but it _was_ written by a woman in the mid 19th ...

I don't mean this to be a criticism, but it _was_ written by a woman in the mid 19th c., and I think that comes through a bit. It's a tad sentimental; probably a time and a place for it. But contrast that with, say, [Onward, Christian Soldiers](https://hymnary.org/text/onward_christian_soldiers_marching_as#Author) -- clearly written by a man, also in the mid-19th c., and pretty clearly with men in mind.

HYMNS! WE GOT HYMNS, HERE! HYMNS FOR HER, HYMNS FOR HIM, HYMNS FOR ALL KINDS 😄