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When creatures had no real light Inherent in them, Thou didst make the sun Impart a lustre, and allow them bright; And in this, show what Christ hath done.
When creatures had no real light Inherent in them, Thou didst make the sun Impart a lustre, and allow them bright; And in this, show what Christ hath done.
Approximate author period: c. 1612 AD · renaissance
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- George Herbert
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- Approximate author period: c. 1612 AD · renaissance
author lifetime midpoint (1593–1632)
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 579 · printed citation: George Herbert · subject: SUN
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