Lord Jesus, think on me

Lord Jesus, think on me. Allen William Chatfield* (1808-1896), based on a hymn probably by Synesius of Cyrene* (ca. 370- ca. 414). This text was printed in Anthologia Graeca Carminum Christianorum, edited by W. von Christ and M. Paranakis (Leipzig, 1871). Synesius is believed to have written ten hymns, of which this is the last, although some authorities attribute them to a scribe. Chatfield’s translation appeared in his Songs and Hymns of Earliest Greek Christian Poets, Bishops and Others (1876). Chatfield noted that it was not a strict translation: ‘In translating this Ode I have given my spirit more liberty. It may be considered as a paraphrase or amplification, rather than an exact...