A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Lyte, Henry Francis

by John William Cousin

Lyte, Henry Francis (1793-1847). -- Hymn-writer, b. at Ednam, near Kelso, of an ancient Somersetshire family, and ed. at Trinity Coll., Dublin, took orders, and was incumbent of Lower Brixham, Devonshire. He pub. Poems: chiefly religious (1833). He is chiefly remembered for his hymns, one of which, Abide with Me, is universally known and loved.