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Released by Love from isolating wrong

Released by Love from isolating wrong

Author: W. H. Auden (1947)
Published in 2 hymnals


Author: W. H. Auden

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First Line: Released by Love from isolating wrong
Author: W. H. Auden (1947)
Source: (In 'A Christmas Oratorio'). From 'For the Time Being,' 1947
Language: English
Copyright: Reprinted by permission of Faber and Faber, Ltd. from COLLECTED POEMS by W. H. Auden

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The Cambridge Hymnal #190

The Cambridge Hymnal #191

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