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Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold
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Short Name: Matthew Arnold
Full Name: Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888
Birth Year: 1822
Death Year: 1888

Arnold, Matthew, M.A., born at Laleham, Dec. 24, 1822, and educated at Winchester and Balliol College, Oxford; B.A. 1845; Fellow of Oriel 1845; Inspector of Schools 1851-1883; Prof, of Poetry, Oxford, 1857-87. He died at Liverpool, April 15, 1888. His conflection with hymnology is very slight. His hymn "Calm soul of all things! make it mine" (Peace) from Poetical Works, 1890, p. 263, is entitled "Lines written in Kensington Gardens."

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


Texts by Matthew Arnold (6)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Calm soul of all things, make it mineMatthew Arnold (Author)English3
He saves the sheep, the goats he does not saveMatthew Arnold (Author)English1
O most high, almighty, good Lord GodMatthew Arnold (Translator)English1
Servants of God, or sons, shall I not call you, becauseMatthew Arnold (cento), 1822-88 (Author)English2
Thou who dost dwell aloneMatthew Arnold (Author)English2
We cannot kindle when we willMatthew Arnold (Author)English3

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