How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings Fair

How lovely are Thy dwellings fair!

Author: John Milton
Published in 58 hymnals

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1 How lovely are Thy dwellings fair!
O Lord of Hosts, how dear
The pleasant tabernacles are,
Where Thou dost dwell so near!
My soul doth long and almost die
Thy courts, O Lord, to see.

2 There ev'n the sparrow, freed from wrong,
Hath found a house of rest;
The swallow there, to lay her young,
Hath built her brooding nest;
Ev'n by Thy altars, Lord of Hosts,
They find their safe abode.

3 Happy who in Thy house reside,
Where Thee they ever praise!
Happy, whose strength in Thee doth bide,
And in their hearts Thy ways!
For God, the Lord, both sun and shield,
Give grace and glory bright.

Source: International Song Service: with Bright Gems from fifty authors, for Sunday-schools, gospel meetings, missionary and young people's societies, prayer-meetings, etc. #163

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 fair!
Title: How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings Fair
Author: John Milton
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

BANGOR (Tansur)

Traditionally used for Montgomery's text and for Peter Abelard's "Alone Thou Goest Forth, O Lord," BANGOR comes from William Tans'ur's A Compleat Melody: or the Harmony of Syon (the preface of which is dated 1734). In that collection the tune was a three-part setting for Psalm 12 (and for Psalm 11 i…

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SALZBURG (Haydn)


WALMER ROAD


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A Collection of Hymns #129

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Sanctuary #51

Church Hymnal, Fifth Edition #333

Church Hymnal, Fourth Edition #456

Divine Service Book for the Armed Forces #d74

Evening Service for the Sabbath #d8

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Glad Tidings #22

Hymnal for Colleges and Schools #176

Hymnal for Colleges and Schools. 3rd ed. #d120

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Hymns and Anthems adapted for Jewish Worship #17

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Hymns and Songs of Praise for Public and Social Worship #1017

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #53

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #53

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Hymns for the Christian Church, for the Use of the First Church of Christ in Boston #356

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Hymns for the Sanctuary #62

Hymns of Faith and Life #475

Hymns of Faith, with Music #d31

Hymns of the Spirit for Use in the Free Churches of America #19

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International Song Service #163

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Light and Life #147

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New Jewish Hymnal for Religious Schools and Junior Congregations. 8th ed. #19

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New Manual of Praise #74

Pilgrim Hymnal #274

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Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #139

Sabbath Eve Services and Hymns #d7

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Services for Congregational Worship. The New Hymn and Tune Book #113

Songs for the New Day #d34

Songs of praise #525

Songs of Praise for America #d39

The Book of Praise #68a

The Book of Praise #68b

The Cambridge Hymnal #46

The Cambridge Hymnal #47

The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 #66

The Christian Psalter #d232

The Church Hymnal #d156

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The Cyber Hymnal #2462

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The Evangelical Hymnal with Tunes #42

The Harvard University Hymn Book #d101

The Harvard University Hymn Book #168

The Hymnal #d171

The Hymnal #20

The Hymnary for use in Baptist churches #660a

The Hymnary for use in Baptist churches #660b

The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada #660a

The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada #660b

The Mennonite Hymnal #393

The Mennonite Hymnary, published by the Board of Publication of the General Conference of the Mennonite Church of North America #592

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The People's Hymn Book #147

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The Pilgrim Hymnal #22

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The Praise Hymnary #389

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The Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book #18a

The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. #d402

The Sabbath School Hymnal #d52

Union Hymnal #24

Union Hymnal for Jewish Worship #d81

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

University Hymn Book for use in the Chapel of Harvard University #d87

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