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There is no gloom on earth, for God above Chastens in love; Transmuting sorrow into golden joy, Free from alloy. His dearest attribute is still to bless, And man’s most welcome hymn is grateful cheerfulness.
There is no gloom on earth, for God above Chastens in love; Transmuting sorrow into golden joy, Free from alloy. His dearest attribute is still to bless, And man’s most welcome hymn is grateful cheerfulness.
Approximate author period: c. 1814 AD · industrial
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- Horace Smith
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- Approximate author period: c. 1814 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 312 · printed citation: Horace Smith · subject: HYMN
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