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Speak to Him thou, for He hears—and Spirit with Spirit can meet— Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet.
Speak to Him thou, for He hears—and Spirit with Spirit can meet— Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet.
Approximate author period: c. 1850 AD · industrial
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- Author or tradition
- Alfred Tennyson
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- Approximate author period: c. 1850 AD · industrial
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- My Commonplace Book (third English edition,1921) (1921 AD)
Page 282 · printed citation: Tennyson (The Higher Pantheism). · compiler notes excluded
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