Wie lieblich ist dein Wohnplatz doch

Wie lieblich ist dein Wohnplatz doch

Author: John Milton
Tune: LANESBORO
Published in 7 hymnals

Author: John Milton

Milton, John, was born in London, Dec. 9, 1608, and died there Nov. 8, 1674. His poetical excellences and his literary fame are matters apart from hymnology, and are fully dealt with in numerous memoirs. His influence on English hymn-writing has been very slight, his 19 versions of various Psalms having lain for the most part unused by hymnal compilers. The dates of his paraphrases are:— Ps. cxiv. and cxxxvi., 1623, when he was 15 years of ago. These were given in his Poems in English and Latin 1645. Ps. lxxx.-lxxxviii., written in 1648, and published as Nine Psalmes done into Metre, 1645. Ps. i., 1653; ii., “Done August 8, 1653;" iii., Aug. 9, 1653; iv. Aug. 10, 1653; v., Aug. 12, 1653; vi., Aug. 13, 1653; vii.Aug. 14, 1653; viii… Go to person page >

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First Line: Wie lieblich ist dein Wohnplatz doch
English Title: How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings Fair
Author: John Milton
Language: German
Copyright: Public Domain

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Deutsches Gesangbuch der Bisch. Methodisten-Kirche #d580

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Die Glaubensharfe (With Melodies) #248

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Die Glaubensharfe #248

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Die Pilgerharfe #300

Gesang und Melodienbuch #d674

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Gesangbuch der Bischöflichen Methodisten-Kirche #247

Sammlung von geistlichen Liedern ... kirchlicher und haeuslichen Gottesdienst #d320

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