Tom Lehrer wrote some songs for it: L-Y and Silent E (see http://members.aol.com/quentncree/lehrer/silent-e.htm )
... the "Imitation of Christ," was born at Kempen[?], Germany (40 miles northwest of Cologne) in 1380 and died near Zwolle (52 miles east-north-east of Amsterdam) in 1471. ...