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Edward Caswall

1814-1878

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Edward Caswall (1814-1878) Born: July 15, 1814, Yateley, Hampshire, England.

Died: January 2, 1878, Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England.

Buried: Rednal, Warwickshire, England. Hymnist John Henry Newman lies nearby.

Caswall was the son of Robert Clarke Caswall, vicar of Yateley. He attended Chigwell Grammar School, Marlborough School, and Brasenose College, Oxford, where he graduated with honors. Before leaving Oxford, he published, under the pseudonym of Scriblerus Redivivus, “The Art of Pluck,” in imitation of Aristotle, a satire on the ways of the careless college student.

In 1838, Caswall was ordained as a deacon, and 1839 as an Anglican priest. In 1840 he became perpetual curate at Stratford-sub-Castle near Salisbury. By 1847, though, he had switched to  Roman Catholicism and went to the Oratory of St. Philip Neri at Edgbaston, where he did most of his hymn work. Caswall is best remembered as a translator of ancient hymns, though he also wrote original lyrics. His works include:

  • Sermons on the Seen and the Unseen, 1846
  • Lyra Catholica, 1849
  • The Masque of Mary, and Other Poems, 1858
  • The Catholic’s Latin Instructor in the Principal Church Offices and Devotions

Hymns:

  1. Days and Moments Quickly Flying
  2. See Amid the Winter’s Snow

Translations:

  1. Come Hither, Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles)
  2. Come, Thou Holy Spirit, Come (Veni Sancte Spiritus)
  3. Dawn Is Sprinkling in the East, The (Aurora jam spargit polum)
  4. Earth Has Many a Noble City (O sola magnarum urbium)
  5. Glory Be to Jesus
  6. Hark! A Thrilling Voice Is Sounding (Vox clara ecce intonat)
  7. I Met the Good Shepherd
  8. Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee (Dulcis Jesu memoria)
  9. Let Alverna’s Holy Mountain (Crucis Christi mons Alvernae)
  10. My God, I Love Thee (O Deus, ego amo te)
  11. Now, My Tongue, the Mystery Telling
  12. Now with the Rising Golden Dawn (Nox, et tenebrae, et nubia)
  13. O Hope of Every Contrite Heart (Dulcis Jesu memoria)
  14. O Jesus, King Most Wonderful (Dulcis Jesu memoria)
  15. O Saving Victim, Open Wide (O Salutaris Hostia)
  16. O Zion, Open Wide Thy Gates (Templi sacratas pande, Sion, fores)
  17. Sing, My Tongue, the Savior’s Glory (Pange lingua gloriosi corporis mysterium)
  18. Sun Is Sinking Fast, The (So praeceps rapitur, proxima nox adest)
  19. When Morning Gilds the Skies (Beim frühen Morgenlicht)
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