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While yet the olden fires burn

Translator: Rebecca A. Altman

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Author: Naphtali Herz Imber

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First Line: While yet the olden fires burn
Translator: Rebecca A. Altman
Author: Naphtali Herz Imber
Refrain First Line: Lost is not our hope of yore
Copyright: Public Domain

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