<Li> Elegy for Dunkirk by Dario Marianelli </Li> <P> The American composer Charles Ives took stanzas 14 and 16 of The Brewing of Soma ("O Sabbath rest.../ Drop Thy still dews ...") and set them to music as the song "Serenity"; however, Ives quite likely extracted his two stanzas from the hymn rather than from the original poem . Published in his collection: "114 songs", in 1919, the first documented performance of the Ives version was by mezzo - soprano Mary Bell, accompanied by pianist Julius Hijman . </P> <Ul> <Li> In 2005 the hymn was voted second in BBC One show Songs of Praise poll to find the United Kingdom's favourite hymn . </Li> <Li> It was used in the Broadway production of the musical Jekyll & Hyde, at the wedding scene . </Li> <Li> It can be heard being sung by the Bede College Choir in the 2007 film Atonement during the Dunkirk evacuation . </Li> <Li> The pipes and drums of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards covered the hymn for their 2007 album, Spirit of the Glen: Journey . </Li> <Li> It is quoted by the character Josh (Matt Keeslar) in the 1998 film The Last Days of Disco . </Li> <Li> On June 12, 2016, the poem (set to the hymn tune Repton) was sung at the Cathedral Sings in the Washington National Cathedral, which was dedicated to the memory of Dr. J. Reilly Lewis, the longtime conductor of the Cathedral Choral Society and founder of the Washington Bach Consort, following his sudden passing on June 9, 2016 . </Li> <Li> It was sung and performed by the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps in their 2016 show Propaganda to the tune of the Elegy for Dunkirk . </Li> </Ul> <Li> In 2005 the hymn was voted second in BBC One show Songs of Praise poll to find the United Kingdom's favourite hymn . </Li>

Words for dear lord and father of mankind