O distant Christ, the crowded, darkening years

O distant Christ, the crowded, darkening years

Author: Margaret W. Deland
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Author: Margaret W. Deland

Margaret Deland (née Margaretta Wade Campbell) (February 23, 1857 – January 13, 1945) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet. She also wrote an autobiography in two volumes. She is generally considered part of the literary realism movement. Margaretya Wade Campbell was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (today a part of Pittsburgh) on February 23, 1857. Her mother died due to complications from the birth and she was left in the care of an aunt named Lois Wade and her husband Benjamin Campbell Blake. On May 12 1880, she married Lorin Fuller Deland. Her husband had inherited his father's publishing company, which he sold in 1886 and worked in advertising. It was at this period she began to write, first authoring verses f… Go to person page >

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First Line: O distant Christ, the crowded, darkening years
Author: Margaret W. Deland
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Treasury of American Sacred Song with Notes Explanatory and Biographical #418

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