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There is a calm the poor in spirit know, That softens sorrow, and that sweetens woe; There is a peace that dwells within the breast, When all without is stormy and distrest; There is a light that gilds the darkest hour, When dangers thicken, and when tempests lower; That calm is faith, and hope and love is given; That peace remains when all beside is riven, That light shines down to man direct from heaven.
There is a calm the poor in spirit know, That softens sorrow, and that sweetens woe; There is a peace that dwells within the breast, When all without is stormy and distrest; There is a light that gilds the darkest hour, When dangers thicken, and when tempests lower; That calm is faith, and hope and love is given; That peace remains when all beside is riven, That light shines down to man direct from heaven.
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 98 · printed citation: James Edmeston · subject: CALMNESS
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