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Music of the bough that waves, As the wind plays lightly o’er; Music of the stream that laves Pebbly marge or rocky shore; Sweet your melody to me, Singing to the soul—the tone Exceeds by far the minstrelsy Of halls wherein bright harpers shone; For ye attune His praise who made The wondrous perfect frame we view, Each hill, and plain, and leafy shade, And yon fair canopy of blue: Ye seem to sing,—“How great the arm Of that high God who reigns above; Him worship! but without alarm; His dearest, best known name is Love.”
Music of the bough that waves, As the wind plays lightly o’er; Music of the stream that laves Pebbly marge or rocky shore; Sweet your melody to me, Singing to the soul—the tone Exceeds by far the minstrelsy Of halls wherein bright harpers shone; For ye attune His praise who made The wondrous perfect frame we view, Each hill, and plain, and leafy shade, And yon fair canopy of blue: Ye seem to sing,—“How great the arm Of that high God who reigns above; Him worship! but without alarm; His dearest, best known name is Love.”
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- James Edmeston (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 369 · printed citation: James Edmeston · subject: LOVE
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