O Lord of heaven and earth Who givest joy and mirth

Author: E. H. Plumptre

Edward H. Plumptre (b. London, England, August 6, 1821; d. Wells, England, February 1, 1891) was an eminent classical and biblical scholar who gained prominence in both church and university. Educated at King's College, London, and University College, Oxford, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1846. Plumptre served as a preacher at Oxford and a professor of pastoral theology at King's College, and held a number of other prestigious positions. His writings include A Life of Bishop Ken (1888), translations from Greek and Latin classics, and poetry and hymns. Plumptre was also a member of the committee that produced the Revised Version of the Bible. Bert Polman… Go to person page >

O Lord of heaven and earth. This, in the American Sursum Corda, 1898, begins with stanza ii. of E. H. Plumptre's “Lo, summer comes again," p. 897, ii. 3.

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