Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.868118 Composed by melody by William Henry Monk and text by Henry Francis Lyte. Arranged by Phoebe Chen. Christian,Contemporary,Sacred,World. Score. 3 pages. Phoebe Chen #5375367. Published by Phoebe Chen (A0.868118). Abide With Me is one of the best-loved English hymns of the past 150 years.Henry Francis Lyte was an Anglican priest also a published poet and accomplished hymn writer . this hymn was written when he developed tuberculosis at the age of 54, when he came near to the end of his life .