As Pants the Hart for Cooling Springs

As pants the hart for cooling springs, So longs my soul, O King of kings

Author: James Merrick
Tune: SPOHR (Spohr 53351)
Published in 144 hymnals

Author: James Merrick

Merrick, James , M.A., was born in 1720, and educated at Oxford, where he became a Fellow of Trinity College. He entered Holy Orders, but his health would not admit of parish work. He died at Reading, 1769. His publications include:— (1) Messiah, a Divine Essay. Humbly dedicated to the Reverend the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford and the Visitors of the Free School in Reading. By James Merrick, Ætat. 14, Senior Scholar of the School at their last Terminal Visitation, the 7th of October, 1734. Reading. (2) The Destruction of Troy. Translated from the Greek of Tryphiodorus into English Verse, with Notes, &c. 1742. (3) Poems on Sacred Subjects. Oxford . 1763. (4) The Psalms of David Translated or Paraphrased in English Verse… Go to person page >

Notes

As pants the hart for cooling springs. J. Merrick. [Ps. xlii.] This metrical paraphrase of Ps. xlii. appeared in Merrick's Psalms Tr. or Paraphrased in English Verse, 1765, in 16 stanzas of 4 lines. Various compilations have been made therefrom, as in Collyer's Selection of 1812, the Islington Collection of 1830, and others.

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Timeline

Instances

Instances (101 - 144 of 144)

The Christian Minstrel #d9

The Christian Minstrel #d14

The Christian Psalter #d31

The Church of God Selection of Spiritual Songs for the Church and Choir #d41

The Church-Book #d27

The Crowning Triumph #d9

The Evangelical Hymn and Tune Book #d41

The Friends' Hymnal #d39

The Gospel Praise Book #d29

The Harvard University Hymn Book #192

The Hymnal #d25

The Hymnal of the Evangelical Mission Covenant Church of America #396

The Hymnal of the Reformed Church in the United States #d39

The Imperial Harmony #d13

The Junior Chorister Vol.II #d1

The Lesser Hymnal #d18

The Methodist Hymnal #d33

The Methodist Hymnal #366

The Methodist Protestant Church Hymnal #d24

The Modern Psalmist #d15

The National Baptist Hymn Book #d42

The National Baptist Hymn Book #ad42

The National Psalmist #d8

The New Church Hymnal #d24

The Ordinary of the Mass and a Complete Manual of Hymns for Parochial Schools #d25

The Oxford American Hymnal for Schools and Colleges #d23

The Oxford American Hymnal for Schools and Colleges #d24

The Pean #d7

The People's Praise Book or Carmina Sanctorum #d34

The Plymouth Hymnal #d31

The Psalter #d9

The Psaltery #d16

The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. #d56

The Sacred Lute #d22

The Saints' Hymnal #d19

The School Psalter #d17

The Service of Song for Baptist Churches #d45

The Song Book of the Salvation Army #561

The Vestry Hymn Book #d22

The Victory #d21

Union Hymnal for Jewish Worship #d14

Unitarian Service Book, and Hymns for Church and Home. Abridged ed. #d25

Worship in Song #d18

Worship in the School Room #d10

Pages

Exclude 143 pre-1979 instances
Suggestions or corrections? Contact us
It looks like you are using an ad-blocker. Ad revenue helps keep us running. Please consider white-listing Hymnary.org or getting Hymnary Pro to eliminate ads entirely and help support Hymnary.org.