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John Keble (1792-1866)

Writer:

John Keble

Dates:

1792 - 1866 ( 73 Years )

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TITLE/First Line/Refrain	SONGWRITERS	DATES	METER	VERSES
A living stream as crystal clear Welling	John Mason tr/ad John Keble	1683	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	7
And is there in God’s world so drear a place Where	John Keble		10 10 10 10	14
And wilt thou hear the fevered heart To Thee in	John Keble		8 6 8 6 8 8 8 6	8
Angel of wrath why linger in mid-air While the	John Keble		10 8 10 8 10 8 10 12	7
As rays around the source of light Stream upward	John Keble		8 8 8 6 D	6
At length the worst is o’er and Thou art laid Deep	John Keble		10 6 10 6 10 6 10 12	8
Ave Maria blessed Maid	John Keble		.	5
Awake again the Gospel-trump is blown From year to	John Keble		10 10 8 8 8 10 12	13
Bethlehem above all cities blest The	John Keble		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	3
Blest are the pure in heart For they shall see our	John Keble tr/ad William John Hall	1819,1836	6 6 8 6 (S.M.)	7
Christ before thy door is waiting	John Keble		.	None
Creator Saviour strengthening guide	John Keble		8 8 8	21
DIVINE WRATH	John Keble	1827	10 10 10 10	4
Father to me thou art and mother dear And brother	John Keble		10 10 10 10 10 12	10
Father What Treasures of Sweet Thought	John Keble		.	None
Fill high the bowl and spice it well and pour The	John Keble		10 10 6 6	13
Foe of mankind too bold thy race Thou runnest at	John Keble		8 8 10 8 8 12	11
From deeps so wild and drear	John Keble		.	None
God is not in the earthquake but behold	John Keble		10 10 10 10	1
God our Hope and Strength abiding	John Keble		.	None

God the Lord a King remaineth	John Keble	1839	8 7 8 7 8 7 extended	5
Gracious Saviour gentle shepherd Little	Jane Eliza Leeson tr/ad John Keble	1845,1857	8 7 8 7 8 7	10
Hail gladdening Light Of His pure glory	Greek tr/ad John Keble	1834	.	2
Hail gladdening Light Of His pure glory	Greek tr/ad John Keble	3 cent	.	3
How pleasant Lord of Hosts how dear	John Keble		.	None
How the newborn Saints assembling	John Keble		.	None
Hues of the rich unfolding morn That ere the	John Keble		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	16
I marked a rainbow in the north What time the wild	John Keble		8 8 8 8 8 12	12
If on our daily course our mind Be set	John Keble		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	4
In troublous days of anguish and rebuke	John Keble		10 10 10 10 10 10	10
Is it not strange the darkest hour That ever	John Keble		irregular	10
Is this a time to plant and build Add house to	John Keble	1827	8 8 8 8 8 8	8
It is so ope thine eyes and see What	John Keble		8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	22
Lessons sweet of spring returning Welcome to the	John Keble		8 7 8 7 7 7 7 7	7
Lo from the Eastern hills the Lord	John Keble		.	None
Lord and what shall this man do Ask’st thou	John Keble		7 7 7 7 7 7	6
Lord be my Judge for I have trod	John Keble		.	None
Lord in Thy field I work all day I read I teach	John Keble	1827	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	18
Lord in Thy Name Thy servants plead	John Keble	1856	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	6
Lord lift my heart to Thee at morn	John Keble		.	None

Lord of Life prophetic Spirit In sweet	John Keble	1856	8 7 8 7 8 7	10
Lord Thou hast searched me out and known	John Keble		.	None
Lord Thy heart in love hath yearned	John Keble		.	None
My God my God why dost thou me forsake	John Keble		10 10 10 10	2
My Saviour can it ever be That I should	John Keble		8 8 8 8 D (D.L.M.) 8 8	9
My Shepherd Is the Living God	John Keble		.	None
My Shepherd Is the Lord I know	John Keble		.	None
New every morning is the love Our wakening and	John Keble	1827	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	8
Not till the freezing blast is still Till freely	John Keble		8 8 8 8 D (D.L.M.)	7
O Father of long suffering grace	John Keble		.	None
O God of mercy God of might How should	John Keble		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	17
O God the Son eternal thy dread might	Reginald Heber tr/ad John Keble		10 10 6 6 10	5
O Holy mountain of my God How do thy towers in	John Keble		8 8 8 8 8 8 10 12	7
O Lord my God do thou Thy holy will I will lie	John Keble		10 4 10 4 10 4	11
O Lord my God do Thy holy will	John Keble		.	None
O love unseen we know Thee nigh	John Keble		.	None
O say not dream not heavenly notes To	John Keble		8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	6
O shame on thee listless heart	John Keble		.	None
O timely happy timely wise Hearts that	John Keble		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	7
O who shall dare in this frail scene	John Keble		.	None

Of the bright things in earth and air How little	John Keble		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	14
Once in His Name who made thee	John Keble		.	None
One Thy Light the Temple filling	John Keble	1856	8 7 8 7 8 7	6
Our God in glory sits on high	John Keble		.	None
Praise ye the Lord from heaven	John Keble		.	None
Red over the forest peers the setting	John Keble		.	None
Say ye celestial guards who wait In Bethlehem	John Keble		10 10 8 10 8 10 8 12	7
See Lucifer like lightning fall Dashed from his	John Keble		8 6 8 6 10 12	9
Sing the song unheard before	John Keble		.	None
Slowly the gleaming stars retire	John Keble		.	None
Sound high Jehovah’s Name	John Keble		.	None
Spirit of Christ Thine earnest give	John Keble		.	None
Spirit of Light and Truth to Thee	John Keble		.	None
Spirit of might and sweetness too	John Keble		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	1
Star of the East how sweet art Thou Seen in life	John Keble		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	14
Stately thy walls and holy are the the prayers	John Keble		10 10 10 10 10 10	12
SUN OF MY SOUL THOU SAVIOUR DEAR	John Keble	1820	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	14
Sun of my soul Thou Saviour dear It is not night	John Keble	1820,1827	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	7
Sweet Dove the softest steadiest plume In all the	John Keble		8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	15
Sweet nurslings of the vernal skies	John Keble		8 8 8 6 D	7
The days of hope and prayer are past	John Keble		.	None
The earth is all the Lord's with all	John Keble		.	None
The heart of childhood is all mirth We frolic to	John Keble		8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	17
The historic Muse from age to age Through many a	John Keble		8 8 6 8 8 6	13
The live long night we've toiled in vain	John Keble		8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	15
The mercies of the Lord My God	John Keble		.	None
The midday sun with fiercest glare	John Keble		8 8 6 8 8 6	15
The morning mist is cleared away Yet	John Keble		8 8 11 8 8 11	7
The seed of Jacob one and all	John Keble		.	None
The shadow of the Almighty’s cloud	John Keble		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	10
The silent joy that sinks so deep	John Keble		.	None
THE SPIRIT OF GOD DWELLETH IN YOU	John Keble tr/ad William John Hall	1819,1836	6 6 8 6 (S.M.)	7
The twilight hour is sweet at morn	John Keble		.	None
The voice that breathed o'er Eden	John Keble	1857	7 6 7 6	11
The voice that breathed over Eden	John Keble	1857	7 6 7 6	11
The year begins with Thee And Thou beginnest with	John Keble		6 6 8 6 (S.M.)	17
Then fainting soul arise and sing	John Keble		8 8 8 8 D (D.L.M.) 8 8	1
There are who darkling and alone Would wish the	John Keble		8 8 8 8 8 8 8 12	11
There is a Book that all may read Which heavenly	John Keble	1827	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	13
There is a book who runs may read Which heavenly	John Keble	1827	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	13
They know the Almighty’s power Who wakened by the	John Keble		6 10 6 10 6 10 10 12	7
Thou Framer of the light and dark Steer	John Keble	1827	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	3
Thus evermore the saints avenging God With His	John Keble	1827	10 10 10 10	4
Tis gone that bright and orbed blaze	John Keble	1820	8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	14
Tis true of old the unchanging sun His daily	John Keble		8 8 8 8 8 12	11
Twas at the matin hour Before the early dawn	John Keble	1827	6 6 7 6	5
Wake arm Divine awake Eye of the only Wise	John Keble		6 6 6 6 8 8	13
What sudden blaze of song Spreads over	John Keble	1827	6 6 8 6 10 12	11
What went ye out to see Over the rude sandy lea	John Keble		6 6 10 6 6 10	11
When brothers part for manhood's race	John Keble		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	11
When Christ to village comes or town	John Keble		.	None
When God of old came down from heaven	John Keble	1827	8 6 8 6 (C.M.)	7
When in my silent solitary walk I sought a strain	John Keble	1887	10 10 10 10	7
When Nature tries her finest touch Weaving he	John Keble		8 6 8 8 6	13
When Persecution's torrent blaze Wraps	John Keble		8 8 8 8 8 8	9
Where is Thy favoured haunt eternal	John Keble		10 6 10 6 D	6
Who for the like of me will care	John Keble		.	None
Who is God's chosen Priest	John Keble		6 10 10 8	12
Why doth my Saviour weep At sight of	John Keble		.	6
Why should we faint and fear to live	John Keble		10 10 10 10	9
Wish not dear friends my pain away	John Keble		8 8 8 8 (L.M.)	11
Word Supreme before creation Born of	John Keble	1856	8 7 8 7 8 7	7
Ye whose hearts are beating high With the pulse of	John Keble		irregular	6
Yes deep within and deeper yet The rankling shaft	John Keble		8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.)	7