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There, on the fields around, All men shall till the ground, Corn shall wave yellow, and bright rivers stream; Daily, at set of sun, All, when their work is done, Shall watch the heavens yearn down and the strange starlight gleam.
There, on the fields around, All men shall till the ground, Corn shall wave yellow, and bright rivers stream; Daily, at set of sun, All, when their work is done, Shall watch the heavens yearn down and the strange starlight gleam.
In print by 1921 AD · modern
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- Author or tradition
- R. Buchanan (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1921 AD · modern
In print by 1921: recorded in My Commonplace Book (third English edition,1921). Collection publication is an upper bound for this wording, not its earliest origin, composition date or the author's lifetime.
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- My Commonplace Book (third English edition,1921) (1921 AD)
Page 269 · printed citation: R. Buchanan (The City of Man). · compiler notes excluded
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