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A Stable Lamp Is Lighted

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Author: Richard Wilbur

Richard Wilbur was born in New York City on March 1, 1921. He graduated with a B.A. from Amherst, where he was editor of the college newspaper, in 1942. Youthful engagements with leftist causes caught the attention of federal investigators when he was in training as a U.S. Army cryptographer, and he was demoted to a front-line infantry position where he saw action in the field in Italy, France and Germany. (When the cryptographer in Wilbur’s unit was killed, Wilbur also took over that function.) After demobilization, he continued his studies at Harvard where he obtained an M.A. in 1947, the year his first book was published. He was a member of the prestigious Harvard Fellows and taught there until 1954, when he moved to Wellesley and then… Go to person page >

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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
Copyright: © 1961, Ren. 1989 Richard Wilbur
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Glory to God #160

Hymnal Supplement 1991 #728

Hymnal Supplement 1991 #728

Hymnal Supplement 98 #810

Hymnal Supplement 98 #810

Hymnal Supplement II #24

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Rejoice in the Lord #205

Rejoice in the Lord #205

Sing to the Lord #2

Sing to the Lord #2

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The Book of Praise #219

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Worship (3rd ed.) #385

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Worship and Rejoice #206
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