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That heavenly music! what is it I hear?
The notes of the harpers ring sweet in mine ear.
And, see, soft unfolding those portals of gold,
The King all arrayed in his beauty behold!
William Augustus Muhlenberg
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I would not live alway: I ask not to stay
Where storm after storm rises dark o'er the way.
William Augustus Muhlenberg
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William Augustus Muhlenberg
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Born:
September 16, 1796
Died:
April 8, 1877
(aged 80)
Bio:
William Augustus Muhlenberg was an Episcopal clergyman and educator. Muhlenberg is considered the father of church schools in the United States. An early exponent of the Social Gospel, he founded St. Luke's Hospital in New York City.
Known for:
I Would Not Live Alway. (1871)
CHURCH POETRY
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