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O timely happy, timely wise

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Author: John Keble

Keble, John, M.A., was born at Fairford, in Gloucestershire, on St. Mark's Day, 1792. His father was Vicar of Coln St. Aldwin's, about three miles distant, but lived at Fairford in a house of his own, where he educated entirely his two sons, John and Thomas, up to the time of their entrance at Oxford. In 1806 John Keble won a Scholarship at Corpus Christi College, and in 1810 a Double First Class, a distinction which up to that time had been gained by no one except Sir Robert Peel. In 1811 he was elected a Fellow of Oriel, a very great honour, especially for a boy under 19 years of age; and in 1811 he won the University Prizes both for the English and Latin Essays. It is somewhat remarkable that amid this brilliantly successful career,… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: O timely happy, timely wise
Author: John Keble
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

MELCOMBE (Webbe)

Also known as: ST. PHILIPS BENEDICTION GRANTON NAZARETH MELCOMBE was first used as an anonymous chant tune (with figured bass) in the Roman Catholic Mass and was published in 1782 in An Essay on the Church Plain Chant. It was first ascribed to Samuel Webbe (the elder; b. London, England, 1740; d.…

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ERNAN (Mason)


DUKE STREET

First published anonymously in Henry Boyd's Select Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1793), DUKE STREET was credited to John Hatton (b. Warrington, England, c. 1710; d, St. Helen's, Lancaster, England, 1793) in William Dixon's Euphonia (1805). Virtually nothing is known about Hatton, its composer,…

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Timeline

Instances

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50 Hymns and Tunes #4

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A Collection of Hymns #361

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Christian Church and Home #363

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Sanctuary #109

Anglican Hymn Book #2

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Church Pastorals, hymns and tunes for public and social worship #842

Grammar School Hymn Book #d197

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Hymn Book for Christian Worship #87

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Hymn Book for Christian Worship. 8th ed. #a87

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Hymnal of the Presbyterian Church in Canada #299

Hymnal of the Presbyterian Church in Canada with Accompanying Tunes #d230

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Hymns and Offices of Worship #305

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #935

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #935

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Hymns for Church and Home #343

Hymns for Public Worship in the Diocese of Fredericton. 2nd ed. #d157

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Hymns for Schools #359

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Hymns for the Church of Christ (3rd thousand) #402

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Hymns for the Church of Christ. (6th thousand) #402

Hymns for the Vestry and the Fireside #d219

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Hymns of the Ages (3rd series) #110

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Hymns of the Faith with Psalms #429

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Hymns of the Faith #556

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Hymns of the Spirit #153

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Offices of Worship and Hymns #305

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Offices of Worship and Hymns #357

Songs of the Free, and Hymns of Christian Freedom #d92

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Songs of the Soul #7

The Book of Praise #d271

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The Choral Hymnal #3

The Christian Psalter #d430

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The Church Hymnary #343

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The College Hymnal #55

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The Evangelical Hymnal with Tunes #6

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The Harvard University Hymn Book #12

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The Liturgy and Hymns of the American Province of the Unitas Fratrum #805

The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes #927

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The New Canadian Hymnal #46

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The New Canadian Hymnal #46

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The Presbyterian Book of Praise #362a

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The Presbyterian Book of Praise #362b

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The Presbyterian Book of Praise #362a

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The Presbyterian Book of Praise #362b

The Sarum Hymnal #4

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The School Hymn-Book #42

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The Scottish Hymnal #279

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The Spirit of Praise #228

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The Sunday School Hymnary #427

University Hymn Book for use in the Chapel of Harvard University #d183

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Worship Song #531

Youthful Voices #d165

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