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So shall her holy bounds increase, With walls of praise and gates of peace; So shall the Vine which martyr tears And blood sustained, in other years, With fresher life be clothed upon; And to the world in beauty show Like the rose-plant of Jericho, And glorious as Lebanon.

So shall her holy bounds increase, With walls of praise and gates of peace; So shall the Vine which martyr tears And blood sustained, in other years, With fresher life be clothed upon; And to the world in beauty show Like the rose-plant of Jericho, And glorious as Lebanon.
J. G. Whittier (identity unresolved)

In print by 1888 AD · industrial

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J. G. Whittier (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 125 · printed citation: J. G. Whittier · subject: CHURCH

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