He Prayeth Best

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He prayeth best who lovest best
All things both great and small;
For the dear God who loveth us,
He made and loveth all.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #2600

Author: Samuel T. Coleridge

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, was born at St. Mary Ottery, Devonshire, 1772, educated at Christ's Hospital, London, and Jesus College, Cambridge, and died in 1834. His Child's Prayer at Evening, "Ere on my bed my limbs I lay," in Martineau's Hymns, 1840 and 1873, is dated 1808. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)… Go to person page >

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First Line: He prayeth best [well] who loveth well
Title: He Prayeth Best
Author: Samuel T. Coleridge
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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