Crossman did not write his poem as a hymn. It appeared in 1664 in a tiny book, The Young Man’s Meditation, of 16mo (sextodecimo) format, with 17 pages of text. The title page quoted Herbert by ...

The text of this hymn is taken from a longer poem, “The Brewing of Soma”, by the American Quaker poet, John Whittier. The poem tells of priests brewing and drinking Soma (a sacred ritual drink ...

The Black National Anthem is a tribute to the struggle against the laws and social racism directed at people’s skin color and lack of class privilege.

The words of this hymn are based on a Middle Irish poem. which was translated into English by Eleanor Hull. Since 1919, it has been paired to an Irish folk tune “Slane”. This lovely hymn works ...

The Black National Anthem — “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — is a hymn written as a poem by then-NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) in 1900. His brother John Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954), ...

Un-expectedly in Melbourne, caring for a sibling who was rushed to hospital, Sunday morning saw me at St Paul’s Cathedral, ...

while another said that Ledisi's performance was "absolutely beautiful!!" The hymn was first written as a poem by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson in the late 1800s. It was then set to music by ...