Which preposition to use with hymns

of Occurrences 301%

The dirtiest Hindoo sings to his fetish the songs of the Brahmin muse, with as keen a relish as the most devout Christian does the hymns of Dr. WATTS.

to Occurrences 170%

Long lines of yellow-robed priests will chant their last processional hymn to Buddha, and the smoking incense to waning gods shall be quenched forever.

of Occurrences 96%

Collections of Latin hymns by Irish writers of early Christian Ireland are to be found in Todd's Book of Hymns of the Ancient Irish Church (Dublin, 1885-1891); the Irish Liber Hymnorum (London, 1898), the Antiphonary of Bangor (Warren's Edition, London, 1893).

in Occurrences 79%

It was now clearly remembered that there had once been rumors of terrible cruelties by a PENDRAGON family to an aged colored man of great piety; who, because he incessantly sang hymns in the cotton-field, was sent to a field farther from the PENDRAGON mansion, and ultimately died.

for Occurrences 56%

In doleful Hymns for dying Felons fit, Why do you tax their Eyes, and blame their Wit?

on Occurrences 32%

Others have formed unions, which assemble at the house of each member in turn and spend a few hours in singing the "maulud" or hymns on the birth of the Prophet (upon whom be peace).

for Occurrences 18%

" In 1834 Hymns for Childhood and National Lyrics appeared in a collected form, and soon after the long-contemplated collection of Scenes and Hymns of Life.

with Occurrences 17%

In three months the children had been reduced to some sort of order, taught the alphabet and the way to sew; they could repeat a few texts, and sing a few hymns with some approach to sweetness.

at Occurrences 14%

And painful abstinences tame Of wanton flesh, the pride" (Hymn at Prime).

by Occurrences 14%

But neither it, nor any other of the old Latin hymns by Irish writers, finds place in the Breviary.

before Occurrences 12%

At the door, J.W. fell in with the little group of men, who, according to ancient custom, had waited in the yard for the announcement of the first hymn before ending their talk of crops and roads and stock, and joining the women and children within.

from Occurrences 11%

It includes verses from several Irishmen. (3) Hymns from the Roman Breviary, translated (Catholic Truth Society, London.

as Occurrences 10%

St. Augustine, commenting on Psalm 122, defined a hymn as a song with praise of God, cantus est cum laude Dei.

to Occurrences 9%

He began to write Hymns to Battle.

into Occurrences 8%

In this note, an attempt will be made to define a hymn, to tell of the introduction of hymns into the Roman Breviary, and to note briefly the character of these hymns.

about Occurrences 4%

Sometimes she would sit for hours with the stately cat upon her knee, thinking, thinking, thinking, while Pompey sang his favorite hymns about his work and the mellow strains floated up the stairway and soothed her lonely heart.

over Occurrences 4%

"No," answered the child, "I shall not get better, I am sure; and I wanted to ask master to let my class sing a hymn over my body, when they put it in the pit-hole."

out Occurrences 3%

He had a little room where he always used to preach and sing hymns out of his great old nose.

in Occurrences 2%

O cats of Egypt, my illustrious sires, You who on altars, bound with garlands green, Have melted hearts, and kindled fond desires, Hymns in your praise were paid, and offerings too,

beneath Occurrences 2%

Where are the lights that shone of yore Around this haunted spring? Do they upon some distant shore Their holy lustre fling? It was not thus when pilgrims came To hymn beneath the night, And dimly gleam'd the censor's flame When stars and streams were bright.

about Occurrences 2%

Homer and Hesiod intimate to us how this Art should be applied, when they represent the Muses as surrounding Jupiter, and warbling their Hymns about his Throne.

than Occurrences 1%

I had never attempted such a thing in my life as to "raise a tune" in public, and the only claim I had ever set up as a qualification was that I could put more tunes to each line of a hymn than any one that I had ever known.

without Occurrences 1%

Before examining the volume, one would say that no man could write so many hymns without frequent and signal failure.

after Occurrences 1%

Peire d'Auvergne wrote several religious hymns after his retirement from the world; these are largely composed of reiterated articles of the Christian faith in metrical form and are as unpoetical as they are orthodox, Crusade poems and planhs upon the deaths of famous nobles or patrons are religious only in a secondary sense.

through Occurrences 1%

" True, adoration of Earth, the All-Mother, runs like a choric hymn through all the tragedy.

Which preposition to use with  hymns