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Never have the works of Nature Yet to mortal man revealed, How his much offended Maker May to him be reconciled. Flower, nor tree, nor rock, nor mountain, Ever yet have showed the way, Ever told him of a Fountain That could wash his guilt away. Man could never yet discover, From the sky, the earth, the sea, When his days on earth are over, Where or what his state should be. But the page of inspiration Casts a light upon the whole, Bringing peace and consolation To the never-dying soul.
Never have the works of Nature Yet to mortal man revealed, How his much offended Maker May to him be reconciled. Flower, nor tree, nor rock, nor mountain, Ever yet have showed the way, Ever told him of a Fountain That could wash his guilt away. Man could never yet discover, From the sky, the earth, the sea, When his days on earth are over, Where or what his state should be. But the page of inspiration Casts a light upon the whole, Bringing peace and consolation To the never-dying soul.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Alexander Letham (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 417 · printed citation: Alexander Letham · subject: NATURE
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