VESPER HYMN appeared in John A. Stevenson's Selection of Popular National Airs (1818) as a setting for Thomas Moore's "Hark! The Vesper Hymn Is Stealing." A footnote in that hymnal explained that Stevenson had added what is-now the first line of the retrain to a "Russian Air." Some later hymnals att…
Display Title: Отче жизнь мою отныне (Take My Life, O Father)First Line: Отче жизнь мою отныне (Take My Life, O Father)Tune Title: VESPER HYMN (shortened)