Let us with a gladsome mind

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Let us with a gladsome mind
Genre Hymn
Written1623
Text John Milton
Based on Psalm136
Meter7.7.7.7
Melody"Monkland" by John Bernard Wilkes

Let us with a gladsome mind is a hymn written in 1623 by John Milton, a pupil at St. Paul's School, [1] at the age of 15 as a paraphrase of Psalm 136. It was set to music as the hymn tune known as Monkland by the organist John Bernard Wilkes using a melody written by John Antes. [2]

Lyrics

Let us with a gladsome mind
Praise the Lord, for he is kind,
For his mercies aye endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure.

References

  1. ↑ Norman Mable (2007), Popular Hymns and Their Writers, Read Books, pp. 135–6, ISBN   978-1-4067-4577-1
  2. ↑ David Holbrook, Elizabeth Poston (1967), The Cambridge Hymnal, Cambridge University Press, p. 73, ISBN   978-0-521-20398-2


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