Lyte,

Lyte, HENRY FRANCIS, hymn-writer, born at Ednam, near Kelso, 1st June 1793; in 1812 entered Trinity College, Dublin; took orders in 1815; and, his health having failed three years earlier, died at Nice, 20th Nov. 1847. His Poems, chiefly Religious (1833; reprinted as Miscellaneous Poems, 1868), Memoir of Henry Vaughan (1847), &c., are almost forgotten; but 'Abide with me,' 'Pleasant are thy courts,' and other hymns keep his memory green. See Life prefixed to his Remains (1850).