Thomas Campbell
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schottischer Dichter
Books
Life of Petrarch
Biography of the 14th century Italian scholar.
Strictures on the Ecclesiastical and Literary History of Ireland:: From the Most Ancient Times ..
Prescott's drawing-room recitations
A Philosophical Survey of the South of Ireland: In a Series of Letters to John Watkinson, M.D.
Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
And Can It Be?
SAGINA, by Thomas Campbell (b. Sheffield, England, 1777; d. England [?], 1844), is almost universally associated with "And Can It Be." Little is known of Campbell other than his publication The Bouquet (1825), in which each of twenty-three tunes has a horticultural name. SAGINA borrows its name from a genus of the pink family of herbs, which includes baby's breath and the carnation. Sing this tune vigorously and in parts, especially at the refrain; singers should be sure to keep the melismas legato, especially in lines 5 and 6. --Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1987, on hymnary.org