Abide with Me
1847 hymn by Henry Francis Lyte / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Christian hymn. For other uses, see Abide with Me (disambiguation).
"Abide with Me" is a Christian hymn by Scottish Anglican cleric Henry Francis Lyte. A prayer for God to stay with the speaker throughout life and in death, it was written by Lyte in 1847 as he was dying from tuberculosis. It is most often sung to the tune "Eventide" by the English organist William Henry Monk.
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"Abide with Me" | |
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Hymn | |
Written | 1847 (1847) |
Text | by Henry Francis Lyte |
Language | English |
Based on | Luke 24:29 |
Meter | 10 10 10 10 |
Melody | "Eventide" by William Henry Monk |
Composed | 1861 (1861) |
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