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God will not mock the hope he giveth, No love he prompts shall vainly plead.
God will not mock the hope he giveth, No love he prompts shall vainly plead.
Approximate author period: c. 1807 AD · industrial
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- John G. Whittier
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- Approximate author period: c. 1807 AD · industrial
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- Thoughts: Selected from the writings of favorite authors (1901) (1901 AD)
Complete signed selection 588; printed byline: Whittier; New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1901
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