Abide with Me

Versions of
Abide with Me (1847)
by Henry Francis Lyte

A Christian hymn written by Henry Francis Lyte. He wrote it in 1847 while he lay dying from tuberculosis; he survived only a further three weeks after its completion. It is most often sung to the tune "Eventide" by William Henry Monk.

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Versions of Abide with Me include:

"Abide With Me" in Poems That Every Child Should Know, 1904
"Abide With Me" in The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book, 1918
"Abide with Me! Fast Falls the Eventide" in The Army and Navy Hymnal, 1920
"Abide with Me" in The Illustrated Victorian Songbook, 1984

Abide with Me

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