| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| Phillips Brooks. (18351893) |
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| 1 | O little town of Bethlehem, How still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars go by;
Yet in thy dark streets shineth The everlasting Light; The hopes and fears of all the years Are met in thee to-night. |
| O little Town of Bethlehem. |
| 2 | | Life comes before literature, as the material always comes before the work. The hills are full of marble before the world blooms with statues. |
| Literature and Life. |
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