Henry Lyte
Henry Francis Lyte | |
|---|---|
The Rev. Henry Francis Lyte | |
| Born | 1 June 1793 Ednam, Scotland |
| Died | 20 November 1847 (aged 54) |
| Education | Trinity College, Dublin |
| Known for | "Abide with Me" |
| Spouse |
Anne Maxwell (m. 1817) |
| Children | 5, including Farnham |
| Relatives | Henry Maxwell Lyte (grandson) |
Henry Francis Lyte (1 June 1793 – 20 November 1847) was a Scottish Anglican divine, hymnodist and poet.
Works
Lyte's first composition was Tales in Verse illustrative of Several of the Petitions in the Lord's Prayer (1826), It was written at Lymington and commended by John Wilson in the Noctes Ambrosianae. Lyte next published Poems called Religious (1833), and in 1834, a small collection of psalms and hymns called The Spirit of the Psalms.
After his death, a volume of Remains (1850) with a memoir was made. Three of Lyte's best-known hymns are paraphrases of psalms, published in The Spirit of the Psalms: "Praise, my soul, the King of heaven" (Psalm 103), "God of Mercy, God of Grace" (Psalm 67), and "Pleasant are thy courts above" (Psalm 84).[1][2]
Lyte's best known hymns are:
- Abide with me! fast falls the eventide
- Jesus, I my cross have taken
- Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven
- Pleasant are Thy courts above.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Lyte, Henry Francis". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 184.
- ↑ David Robertson, "Henry Francis Lyte". "The Spirit of the Psalms," edited by William Holmes, was republished in 2020.
Other websites
- Works by or about Henry Lyte at Internet Archive
- Works by Henry Lyte at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Text, MIDI, and piano score from HymnSite.com
- Praise, my soul, the King of heaven on YouTube
- Catalogue of the library of H.F. Lyte
- Heaven Will Bring Me Sweeter Rest: Selected works of Henry Francis Lyte