Arnold, Matthew, M.A., born at Laleham, Dec. 24, 1822, and educated at Winchester and Balliol College, Oxford; B.A. 1845; Fellow of Oriel 1845; Inspector of Schools 1851-1883; Prof, of Poetry, Oxford, 1857-87. He died at Liverpool, April 15, 1888. His conflection with hymnology is very slight. His hymn "Calm soul of all things! make it mine" (Peace) from Poetical Works, 1890, p. 263, is entitled "Lines written in Kensington Gardens."
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
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TALLIS CANON is one of nine tunes Thomas Tallis (PHH 62) contributed to Matthew Parker's Psalter (around 1561). There it was used as a setting for Psalm 67. In the original tune the melody began in the tenor, followed by the soprano, and featured repeated phrases. Thomas Ravenscroft (PHH 59) publish…
Display Title: Calm Soul of All ThingsFirst Line: Calm soul of all things, make it mineTune Title: TALLIS' CANONAuthor: Matthew Arnold, 1822-1888Meter: L.M.Date: 1993Subject: Serenity | ; The City | ; Transcending Mystery and Wonder | Meditation and Mystical Songs
Display Title: Calm Soul of all things! make it mineFirst Line: Calm Soul of all things! make it mineTune Title: JESU REDEMPTORAuthor: M. ArnoldDate: 1905Subject: The Christian Life | Calmness