<P> "All Creatures of Our God and King" is an English Christian Easter hymn by William Henry Draper, based on a poem by St Francis of Assisi . It was first published in a hymn book in 1919 . </P> <P> The words of the hymn were initially written by St Francis of Assisi in 1225 in the Canticle of the Sun poem, which was based on Psalm 148 . The words were translated into English by William Draper, who at the time was rector of a Church of England parish church at Adel near Leeds . Draper paraphrased the words of the Canticle and set them to music . It is not known when Draper first wrote the hymn but it was between 1899 and 1919 . Draper wrote it for his church's children's Whitsun festival celebrations and it was later published in 1919 in the Public School Hymn Book . The hymn is currently used in 179 different hymn books . The words written by St Francis are some of the oldest used in hymns after "Father We Praise Thee", written in 580 AD . </P>

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