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O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by.

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Phillips Brooks
Age: 57 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 13
Died: 1893
Died: January 23
Clergyman
Hymnwriter
Priest
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Sleep
Dreamless
Stars
Bethlehem
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Christmas
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Towns
Littles
Thee
Little
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