Let us with a gladsome mind explained

Let us with a gladsome mind
Genre:Hymn
Written:1623
Meter:7.7.7.7
Melody:"Monkland" by John Bernard Wilkes

Let us with a gladsome mind is a hymn written in 1623 by John Milton, a pupil at St. Paul's School, at the age of 15 as a paraphrase of Psalm 136. It was set to music as the hymn tune known as Monkland by the organist John Bernard Wilkes using a melody written by John Antes.