The voice that breathed o'er Eden, That earliest wedding da… - John Keble

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The voice that breathed o'er Eden,
That earliest wedding day,
The primal marriage blessing,
It hath not passed away.

John Keble

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About John Keble

John Keble (25 April 1792 – 29 March 1866) was an English churchman, one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement, and gave his name to Keble College, Oxford.

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow John Greenleaf Whittier Isaac Watts Thomas Moore William Wordsworth

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'Tis sweet, as year by year we lose
Friends out of sight, in faith to muse
How grows in Paradise our store.

The trivial round, the common task,
Would furnish all we ought to ask.

When you find yourself, as I daresay you sometimes do, overpowered as it were by melancholy, the best way is to go out, and do something kind to somebody or other.

The voice that breathed o'er Eden, That earliest wedding day, The primal marriage blessing, It hath not passed away. - John Keble

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