New every morning is the love
New every morning is the love. John Keble* (1792-1866). This is an extract from the first poem in The Christian Year (1827), entitled ‘Morning’, with the quotation ‘His compassions fail not. They are new every morning. Lament. iii. 22, 23’. The poem was written on 20 September 1822, and had 16 stanzas, beginning ‘Hues of the rich unfolding morn’. The compilers of A&M (1861) selected the original stanzas 6, 7, 8, 14, 16, altering the original stanza 14 from ‘Would furnish all we ought to ask’ to ‘Will furnish all we need to ask’, and this has remained the A&M text. A few books, notably the Scottish Church Hymnary (1898), RCH and MHB, follow the example of Horatio Bolton Nelson* in...
If you have a valid subscription to Dictionary of Hymnology, please log inlog in to view this content. If you require a subscription, please click here.
MLA style (see MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing, 3rd Ed.)
. "New every morning is the love."
The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology. Canterbury Press. Web. 19 Apr. 2026.<
http://www.hymnology.co.uk/n/new-every-morning-is-the-love>.
Chicago style (see The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Ed.)
. "New every morning is the love."
The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology. Canterbury Press, accessed April 19, 2026,
http://www.hymnology.co.uk/n/new-every-morning-is-the-love.