Quote#Love
O, lonely tomb in Moab's land
Quote byCecil Frances Alexander · 1818–1895
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 280..
English (original)
O, lonely tomb in Moab's land, O, dark Bethpeor's hill, Speak to these curious hearts of ours, And teach them to be still! God hath His mysteries of grace — Ways that we cannot tell; He hides them deep, like the secret sleep, Of him He loved so well.
— Cecil Frances Alexander
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