Ken trained at Win­ches­ter and New Coll­ege, Ox­ford, and was or­dained an Ang­li­can priest in 1662. In 1663, he be­came Rec­tor of Lit­tle East­on, and Rec­tor of Wood­hay and Pre­ben­da­ry of Win­ches­ter in 1669. He pub­lished a Man­u­al of Pray­ers, for the use of the schol­ars of Win­ches­ter Coll­ege, in 1674. He was brief­ly chap­lain to Prin­cess Ma­ry, and lat­er to the Brit­ish fleet. He be­came Bi­shop of Bath and Wells in 1685. He was one of sev­er­al bi­shops im­pris­oned in the Tow­er of Lon­don for re­fus­ing to sign James II’s “De­clar­a­tion of In­dul­gence” (hop­ing to re­store Ca­thol­i­cism in Eng­land); he was tried and ac­quit­ted. Ken wrote much po­e­try, pu­blished post­hu­mous­ly in 1721.

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Hymns

1. All Praise to Thee, My God, This Night
   • Glory to Thee, my God, This Night
2. Awake, My Soul, and with the Sun
   • All Praise to Thee Who Safe Hast Kept
   • Glory to Thee Who Safe Hast Kept
   • I Wake, I Wake, Ye Heavenly Choirs
   • I Would Not Wake Nor Rise Again
   • Wake, and Lift Up Thyself, My Heart
3. Her Virgin Eyes Saw God In­car­nate Born
4. My God, Now I from Sleep Awake
   • All Praise to Thee in Light Arrayed
   • Glory to Thee in Light Arrayed
   • Lord, Now My Sleep Doth Me Forsake
   • My God, Now I from Sleep Awake
5. Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow