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Sprinkled along the waste of years Full many a soft green isle appears: Pause where we may upon the desert road, Some shelter is in sight, some sacred safe abode.

John Keble

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John Keble
Age: 73 †
Born: 1792
Born: April 25
Died: 1866
Died: March 29
Hymnwriter
Philosopher
Poet
Theologian
University Teacher
Writer
Fairford
Gloucestershire
Upon
Sacred
Abode
May
Road
Pause
Many
Sight
Pauses
Years
Green
Shelter
Waste
Islands
Safe
Appears
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Soft
Sprinkled
Full
Desert
Isle

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