How lovely are Thy dwellings, Lord, From noise and trouble free

Author: John Milton

Milton, John, was born in London, Dec. 9, 1608, and died there Nov. 8, 1674. His poetical excellences and his literary fame are matters apart from hymnology, and are fully dealt with in numerous memoirs. His influence on English hymn-writing has been very slight, his 19 versions of various Psalms having lain for the most part unused by hymnal compilers. The dates of his paraphrases are:— Ps. cxiv. and cxxxvi., 1623, when he was 15 years of ago. These were given in his Poems in English and Latin 1645. Ps. lxxx.-lxxxviii., written in 1648, and published as Nine Psalmes done into Metre, 1645. Ps. i., 1653; ii., “Done August 8, 1653;" iii., Aug. 9, 1653; iv. Aug. 10, 1653; v., Aug. 12, 1653; vi., Aug. 13, 1653; vii.Aug. 14, 1653; viii… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: How lovely are Thy dwellings, Lord, From noise and trouble free
Author: John Milton
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

ST. PETER (Reinagle)

Composed by Alexander R. Reinagle (b. Brighton, Sussex, England, 1799; d. Kidlington, Oxfordshire, England, 1877), ST. PETER was published as a setting for Psalm 118 in Reinagle's Psalm Tunes for the Voice and Pianoforte (c. 1836). The tune first appeared with Newton's text in Hymns Ancient and Mode…

Go to tune page >


ABRIDGE (Smith)


CARLTON (Vail)


Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 31 of 31)
Page Scan

A Collection of Hymns, for the Christian Church and Home #8

Page Scan

Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship #815

Page Scan

Christian Science Hymnal #a55

Page Scan

Christian Science Hymnal #aa55

Page Scan

Christian Science Hymnal #55

Page Scan

Christian Science Hymnal #211

Christian Science Hymnal (Rev. and enl.) #125

Page Scan

Christian Science Hymnal #55a

Page Scan

Christian Science Hymnal #55b

Page Scan

Christian Science Hymnal #55c

Page Scan

Christian Science Hymnal #55

Page Scan

Church Harmonies #72

Family Singing Book. Rev ed. with Supplement #d121

Page Scan

Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #769

Page Scan

Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #769

Page Scan

Hymns for Christian Devotion #914

Page Scan

Hymns for Christian Devotion #914

Hymns for the Vestry and the Fireside #d127

Page Scan

Hymns of Worship #77

Page Scan

Praise and Thanks #B2-93

Prayers and Hymns for the Church and the Home #d271

Page Scan

Psalms and Hymns, for Christian Use and Worship #P84.7

Sabbath Eve Services and Hymns #d8

The Book of Praise #d302

The Choral Friend #d28

Page Scan

The Gospel Psalmist #626

Page Scan

The Psalmody #22

Union Hymnal, Songs and Prayers for Jewish Worship. 3rd ed. Revised and enlarged. #2

Page Scan

Worship Song #174

Suggestions or corrections? Contact us