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Oh, if the thought be beautiful, if it be wise and kind, To weave the bond of brotherhood, the whole wide world to bind; And if to sheathe the murderous sword be called a holy deed, Let all the praise be given to Thee, from whom all such proceed! Hail, manifested Saviour King! Brother of every man! Of the poor negro in his chains, the roving mountain clan; Redeemer of the forest child, and of the fettered slave; Lover of every human soul, in city, waste, or wave.
Oh, if the thought be beautiful, if it be wise and kind, To weave the bond of brotherhood, the whole wide world to bind; And if to sheathe the murderous sword be called a holy deed, Let all the praise be given to Thee, from whom all such proceed! Hail, manifested Saviour King! Brother of every man! Of the poor negro in his chains, the roving mountain clan; Redeemer of the forest child, and of the fettered slave; Lover of every human soul, in city, waste, or wave.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Emma Tatham (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 94 · printed citation: Emma Tatham · subject: BROTHERHOOD
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