O while thou dost smile upon me

O while thou dost smile upon me

Author: Henry Francis Lyte
Tune: ELLESDIE
Published in 4 hymnals

Author: Henry Francis Lyte

Lyte, Henry Francis, M.A., son of Captain Thomas Lyte, was born at Ednam, near Kelso, June 1, 1793, and educated at Portora (the Royal School of Enniskillen), and at Trinity College, Dublin, of which he was a Scholar, and where he graduated in 1814. During his University course he distinguished himself by gaining the English prize poem on three occasions. At one time he had intended studying Medicine; but this he abandoned for Theology, and took Holy Orders in 1815, his first curacy being in the neighbourhood of Wexford. In 1817, he removed to Marazion, in Cornwall. There, in 1818, he underwent a great spiritual change, which shaped and influenced the whole of his after life, the immediate cause being the illness and death of a brother cler… Go to person page >

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First Line: O while thou dost smile upon me
Author: Henry Francis Lyte
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Good-Will Songs #73

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Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #375

The Gospel Hymnal #d484

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