Robert Bridges

Robert Bridges
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Short Name: Robert Bridges
Full Name: Bridges, Robert, 1844-1930
Birth Year: 1844
Death Year: 1930

Robert S. Bridges (b. Walmer, Kent, England, 1844; d. Boar's Hill, Abingdon, Berkshire, England, 1930) In a modern listing of important poets Bridges' name is often omitted, but in his generation he was consid­ered a great poet and fine scholar. He studied medicine and practiced as a physician until 1881, when he moved to the village of Yattendon. He had already written some poetry, but after 1881 his literary career became a full-time occupation, and in 1913 he was awarded the position of poet laureate in England. Bridges published The Yattendon Hymnal (1899), a collection of one hundred hymns (forty-four written or translated by him with settings mainly from the Genevan psalter, arranged for unaccompanied singing. In addition to volumes of poetry, Bridges also published A Practical Discourse on Some Principles of Hymn-Singing (1899) and About Hymns (1911).

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Bridges, Robert Seymour, M.A., son of J. J. Bridges, of Walmer, Kent, was b. Oct. 23, 1844, and educated at Eton and at Corpus Christi College, Oxford (B.A. 1867, M.A. 1874). He took his M.A. in 1874, but retired from practice in 1882, and now (1906) resides at Yattendon, Berks. He is the author of many poems and plays. He edition and contributed to the Yattendon Hymnal, 1899 (originally printed at the Oxford Univ. Press in parts—Nos. 1-25, 1895; 26-50, 1897; 51-75, 1898; 76-100, 1899). [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Wikipedia Biography

Robert Seymour Bridges OM (23 October 1844 – 21 April 1930) was an English poet who was Poet Laureate from 1913 to 1930. A doctor by training, he achieved literary fame only late in life. His poems reflect a deep Christian faith, and he is the author of many well-known hymns. It was through Bridges's efforts that Gerard Manley Hopkins achieved posthumous fame.

Texts by Robert Bridges (59)AsAuthority LanguagesInstancessort descending
How beauteous are their feetR. B. (Author (sts. 4, 5))English1
O gladsome Light, O grace of the Father immortalRobert Bridges, 1844-1930 (Translator)1
O Prince of Peace, who man wast bornR. B. (Adapter)English1
O sacred head, now wounded, With grief and shame weighed downRobert Bridges (Author)English1
O splendor of God's glory bright, From light eternal bringing lightRobert S. Bridges (1844-1930) and others (Translator)English1
The beauteous day now closethRobert Bridges (Translator)English1
Was ever grief like ThineR. B. (Adapter)English1
We are a garden walled aroundR. B. (Adapter)English1
When Jesus to our rescue drewRobert Seymour Bridges (Versifier)English1
Del alba al resplandorRobert Seymour Bridges (Author)Spanish2
Enter thy courts, thou word of lifeR. B. (Author)English2
Ere yet in darkness ends the day (Et lucis ante terminum)Robert Seymour Bridges (Author)English2
I love all beauteous thingsRobert Seymour Bridges (Author)2
Jesus, best and dearestR. B. (Translator)English2
Jesus, how sweet the thought of theeRobert Seymour Bridges (Translator)English2
Lament, O man, thy pride of lifeR. B. (Author)English2
Lifespring divine and bond of allRobert Seymour Bridges (Translator)English2
Love can tell, and love aloneRobert Bridges (Author)2
Love, unto thine own who camestR. B. (Adapter)English2
My heart is filled with longingRobert Seymour Bridges (Author)English2
Now all give thanks to GodRobert Seymour Bridges (Translator)English2
Now all the woods are sleeping, And night and stillness creepingRobert Bridges (Author (st. 3))English2
Now shadows wane, now heavy night departethRobert Seymour Bridges (Translator)English2
O Holy Spirit, Lord of lifeRobert Seymour Bridges (Translator)English2
O Maker of the stars of night (Conditor alme siderum)R. B. (Translator)English, Latin2
The Lamb's high banquet doth inviteRobert Seymour Bridges (Translator)English2
This day the first of days was made, When God in light the world arrayed (Bridges)R. B. (Translator)English2
Unto thee my heart is sighingRobert Seymour Bridges (Author)English2
When low in heaven the sun was now descendedRobert Seymour Bridges (Translator)English2
Ye that do your Master’s willR. B. (Adapter)English2
യേ-ശുവേ നാ-ഥാ നീ എത്ര സഹിച്ചു (Yē-śuvē nā-thā nī etra sahiccu)Robert Bridges (Translator (English))Malayalam2
All praise be to God, whom all things obeyRobert S. Bridges (Author)English3
Christ's loving children, for his hope abiding Robert Bridges (Translator)English, Latin3
Eternal Father, who didst all createRobert Bridges (Author)3
Thee will I love, my God and KingRobert Bridges (Author)English3
My soul, praise the Lord, O God, Thou art greatRobert Bridges (Author)English4
Now cheer our hearts this eventideRobert Bridges (Author)English4
Oh, Luz que brota de su luzRobert Bridges (Translator English))Spanish4
Love of love, and Light of lightRobert Bridges (Author)English5
My God, my God, why dost thou me forsakeRobert Bridges (Author)English5
My Lord, my Life, my LoveRobert S. Bridges (Adapter)English5
Darkening night the land doth coverRobert Bridges (Author)English6
Fear not, thou faithful Christian flockRobert Bridges, 1844 - 1930 (Translator)English6
Gird on thy sword, O man, thy strength endueRobert Bridges (Author)English6
Joy and triumph everlastingRobert Bridges (Author)English6
Thy church, O God, her heart to thee upraisethRobert Bridges (Author)English6
O sacred head sore wounded, Defiled and put to scornRobert Bridges, 1844-1930 (Translator)English10
Happy are they, they that love GodR. B. (Translator)English11
Jesu, joy of man's desiringRobert Seymour Bridges, 1844-1930 (Translator)English13
Come, O Creator Spirit, come, And make within our hearts thy homeRobert Bridges (Author)English14
When morning gilds the skies, My heart awakening cries (Caswall) Robert S. Bridg­es (Translator (from German))English16
Love of the Father, love of God the SonRobert Seymour Bridges (1844-1930) (Author)English18
Rejoice, O land, in God thy mightRobert Bridges, 1844-1930 (Author)English18
When morning gilds the skies, My heart awakening cries (Bridges)Robert Bridges, 1844-1930 (Translator)English18
O Splendor of God's glory bright, O Thou that bringest light from lightRobert S. Bridges, 1844-1930 (Translator)English28
The duteous day now closethRobert S. Bridges (Transaltor)English29
O gladsome light, O grace Of God the Father's faceRobert Bridges (Translator)English44
All my hope on God is foundedRobert Bridges (Author)English53
Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offendedRobert S. Bridges (Translator)English94

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