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I know a stream, a gentle stream Which by a valley glides along, That well might suit a Poet’s theme, Or fit a raptured Minstrel’s song; And often I have stood to look On the calm beauty of that brook, And thought the scene was such as might Have shone upon Creation’s morn, When all the morning stars of light, Sang joyously that earth was born; And angels as they paused to see, Joined the triumphant Jubilee! And God himself in glory stood, And there pronounced it very good.
I know a stream, a gentle stream Which by a valley glides along, That well might suit a Poet’s theme, Or fit a raptured Minstrel’s song; And often I have stood to look On the calm beauty of that brook, And thought the scene was such as might Have shone upon Creation’s morn, When all the morning stars of light, Sang joyously that earth was born; And angels as they paused to see, Joined the triumphant Jubilee! And God himself in glory stood, And there pronounced it very good.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Ann Pratt (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
In print by 1888: recorded in A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888). Collection publication is an upper bound for this wording, not its earliest origin, composition date or the author's lifetime.
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 574 · printed citation: Ann Pratt · subject: STREAM
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