1772, Bal­ly­clare, An­trim, Ire­land.

Oc­to­ber 16, 1865, Dub­lin, Ire­land.

Harold’s Cross Cem­e­te­ry, near Dub­lin, Ire­land.

Son of a naval surgeon, Hamilton lost his father in infancy. He was ed­u­cat­ed for the min­is­try at the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Glas­gow. In 1793, he be­came pas­tor of the Se­cond Pres­by­ter­i­an Church in Bel­fast, and in 1816, of the Strand Street Church in Dub­lin. His works in­clude:

• The Man of Age and Hi­ber­nia, A Poem
• Juvenile Po­ems, 1797
• Trafalgar, 1805
• First Book of T. Lu­cre­ti­us Car­us, 1808
• The Giant’s Cause­way, 1811
• Clontarf, 1817
• Who Are the Hap­py?, 1818
• Bruce’s In­va­sion of Ire­land, 1826
• The Plea­sures of Be­ne­vo­lence, a Po­em, 1835
• Ancient Iri­sh Min­strel­sy, 1842
• Life of Mi­chael Ser­ve­tus, 1848

• Julian, p. 313

1. Come, Let Us Sound Her Praise Abroad
2. Father, I May Not Ask for Less
3. Give Thanks to God the Lord
4. O Had I the Wings of a Dove
5. One Cup of Heal­ing Oil and Wine
6. Voice from the De­sert Comes Aw­ful and Shrill, A