Quote#Wisdom
The voice that breathed o'er Eden
Quote byJohn Keble · 1792–1866
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Holy Matrimony", in The Salisbury Hymn-Book, ed. Horatio Bolton, Earl Nelson (Salisbury: Brown and Co., 1857), p. 174; reprinted in Miscellaneous Poems, ed. George Moberly (Oxford: James Parker and Co., 1870), p. 119..
English (original)
The voice that breathed o'er Eden, That earliest wedding day, The primal marriage blessing, It hath not passed away.
— John Keble
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