Life
1769-1854; author of numerous hymns included in Church of Ireland Hymnal
(1960, 1987 eds.), Nos. 366, 368, 378, 398, 460, incl. ‘We have
no abiding city here’ [No. 216; New Hymnal 514] - the phrase used
by Michael Longley as an early collection title.
Notes
No Dictionary of National Biography entry.
‘The Head that once was crowned with thorns/Is crowned with glory
now,’ from Hymns on various passages of scripture (1820) [See Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.]
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Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco)