Let us with a gladsome mind
Let us with a gladsome mind is a hymn written in 1623 by John Milton, a pupil at St. Paul's School,[1] at the age of 15 as a paraphrase of Psalm 136. It was set to music as the hymn tune known as Monkland by the organist John Bernard Wilkes using a melody written by John Antes.[2]
| Let us with a gladsome mind | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Hymn |
| Written | 1623 |
| Text | John Milton |
| Based on | Psalm 136 |
| Meter | 7.7.7.7 |
| Melody | "Monkland" by John Bernard Wilkes |
Lyrics
- Let us with a gladsome mind
- Praise the Lord, for he is kind,
- For his mercies aye endure,
- Ever faithful, ever sure.
References
- Norman Mable (2007), Popular Hymns and Their Writers, pp. 135–6, ISBN 978-1-4067-4577-1
- David Holbrook, Elizabeth Poston (1967), The Cambridge Hymnal, Cambridge University Press, p. 73
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