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NUMBER:19566
QUOTATION:The word of the Lord by night
To the watching Pilgrims came,
As they sat by the seaside,
And filled their hearts with flame.
ATTRIBUTION:Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882), U.S. essayist, poet, philosopher. “Boston Hymn,” May-Day and Other Pieces (1867).
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
WORKS:Emerson Collection.
 
 
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