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The Mariner's Hymn

Author: Mrs. Southey Appears in 12 hymnals Matching Instances: 12 First Line: Launch thy bark, mariner Topics: Hymns for Seamen Used With Tune: MIRIAM

MIRIAM

Appears in 65 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Composer and/or Arranger: Avison Incipit: 56565 12343 23456 Used With Text: The Mariner's Hymn

[Launch thy bark, mariner!]

Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 Composer and/or Arranger: J. B. Herbert Used With Text: Launch Thy Bark, Mariner!

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The Mariner's Hymn

Author: Mrs. Southey Hymnal: The Gospel Psalmist #928 (1861) First Line: Launch thy bark, mariner Topics: Hymns for Seamen Tune Title: MIRIAM

Launch thy bark, mariner!

Author: Mrs. Southey Hymnal: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. (10th ed.) #431 (1848) Languages: English

Author: Mrs. Southey Hymnal: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #431 (1866) Meter: Irregular First Line: Launch thy bark, mariner! Lyrics: Launch thy bark, mariner! Christian, God speed thee! Let loose the rudder bands, Good angels lead thee! Set thy sails warily, Tempests will come; Steer thy course steadily, Christian, steer home! Look to the weather bow, Breakers are round thee; Let fall thy plummet now, Shallows may ground thee. Reef in thy foresail there; Hold the helm fast; So,—let the vessel wear,— By swept the blast. Slacken no sail yet, at Inlet or island; Straight for the beacon steer,— Straight for the highland; Crowd all the canvass on, Cut through the foam;— Christian! cast anchor now; Heaven is thy home! Languages: English

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Caroline A. B. Southey

1786 - 1854 Person Name: Mrs. Southey Author of "The Mariner's Hymn" in The Gospel Psalmist Southey, Caroline Ann, née Bowles, daughter of Charles Bowles, of Buckland, near Lymington, was born in 1786; married, in 1839, to Robert Southey, the poet; and died in 1854. Her publications include Solitary Hours, 1826; The Birthday, a Poem, 1836; and some prose works. Her Poetical Works were published in 1867; and her correspondence with Southey in 1882. A few pieces from her works are in common use as hymns:— 1. I weep, but not rebellious tears. For the Aged. Published in her Solitary Hours, 1826; and, again, in her Poetical Works, 1867, p. 285, in 5 stanzas of 6 lines. It is given, in full, in the Baptist Psalms & Hymns, 1858. To the line, "The faithful few made perfect there " (st. v., 1. 5), the fol¬lowing note is appended in the Poetical Works:-—"The word ‘few' is used here in no presumptuously exclusive sense of the Author's, but simply as being the scrip¬tural phrase, 'Many are called, but few are chosen.' The word having been altered, lately, in two religious publications, where the poem was inserted unknown to the Author, it is thought proper to annex this note." 2. Launch thy bark, mariner. For Sailors. Given in her Solitary Hours, 1826, p. 22, in 5 stanzas of 8 lines, and entitled, "The Mariner's Hymn;" also in her Poetical Works, 1867. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Charles Avison

1709 - 1770 Person Name: Avison Composer of "MIRIAM" in The Gospel Psalmist Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, studied music in Italy, then served as organist of St. Nicholas' in Newcastle. He was respected both for his instrumental compositions and arrangements, and his writings on musical aesthetics. The hymn tunes attributed to him are adaptations. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)