Lord God of morning and of night

Author: Francis Turner Palgrave

Palgrave, Francis Turner, M.A., eldest son of Sir Francis Palgrave, the Historian, was born at Great Yarmouth, Sept. 28, 1824, and educated at the Charterhouse (1838-1843) and at Oxford, where he graduated in first class Classical Honours. He was scholar of Balliol (1842) and Fellow of Exeter (1846). He was engaged in the Education Department of the Privy Council till 1884, being also Private Secretary to Lord Granville (then Lord President). In 1885 he was elected Professor of Poetry in the University of Oxford. Professor Palgrave's publications include:— (1) Idylls and Songs, 1854; (2) Art Catalogue of the Great Exhibition, 1862; (3) Essays on Art, 1866; (4) Lyrical Poems, 1871; (5) Hymns, 1st ed., 1867; 2nd ed., 1868; 3rd ed., 1870.… Go to person page >

Lord God of morning and of night. F. T. Palgrave. [Morning.] Written in 1862, and given in manuscript to Sir R. Palmer (Lord Selborne), who included it in his Book of Praise, 1862, in 5 stanzas of 4 lines. In 1867 it was also given in the author's Hymns, and again in several collections in Great Britain and America. It has been specially set to music by Tilleard. London, Novello.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)