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205. A Stable Lamp Is Lighted

Text Information
First Line: A stable lamp is lighted
Title: A Stable Lamp Is Lighted
Author: Richard Wilbur (1961)
Meter: 7.6.7.6.6.7.6
Language: English
Publication Date: 1985
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Biblical Characters: David; Biblical Characters: Isaiah
Copyright: From Advice to Prophet and Other Poems, copyright © 1961 by Richard Wilbur, reprinted by permission of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.
Tune Information
Name: ES IST EIN' ROS'
Harmonizer: M. Praetorius (1609)
Meter: 7.6.7.6.6.7.6
Key: F Major



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