Why dost thou beat so quick, my heart. F. W. Faber. [Prayer.] Published in his Jesus and Mary, &c, 1849, in 12 stanzas of 4 lines and headed, "Sweetness in Prayer." It was also given in his Hymns, 1862. In Martineau's Hymns, &c, 1873, the cento, "Thy home is with the humble, Lord," is composed of stanzas viii., ix., and xii. Sometimes it is given as “Thy home is with the humble soul."
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)