Milman was ed­u­cat­ed at Green­wich and Eton, Eng­land. He then at­tend­ed B. N. C. at Ox­ford, where he took a first class in class­ics, and won the New­di­gate, La­tin Verse, La­tin Es­say, and Eng­lish Es­say priz­es. He wrote the tra­ge­dy Fa­zio, which played at Co­vent Gar­den, Lon­don. He was ap­point­ed Po­e­try Pro­fes­sor at Ox­ford in 1821. The Bramp­ton Let­ters in 1827 marked his tran­si­tion to the­o­log­ic­al stu­dy, fol­lowed by his His­to­ry of the Jews in 1829. He be­came ca­non at West­min­ster and rec­tor at St. Mar­ga­ret’s, and, in 1849, dean of St. Paul’s. Thir­teen of his hymns were pub­lished in Heber’s post­hu­mous Hymns (1827), and in Mil­man’s own Se­lect­ion of Psalms and Hymns (1837). His other works in­clude:

• Christ­ianity from the Birth of Christ to the Abo­li­tion of Pa­gan­ism in the Ro­man Em­pire, 1840
• Life of Keats
• Life of Horace
• History of Latin Christ­ianity, 1854-5
• History of the Jews, 1862
• The Annals of St. Paul’s (pub­lished post­hu­mous­ly)

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Lyrics

1. Bound upon the Accursèd Tree
2. Brother, Thou Art Gone Before Us
3. Chariot! The Chariot!, The
4. O Help Us, Lord, Each Hour of Need
5. Ride On, Ride On in Ma­jes­ty
6. When Our Heads Are Bowed with Woe