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Nahum Tate Quotes

1652–1715 Ireland

Nahum Tate (1652 – 30 July 1715) was an Irish poet, hymnist and lyricist, who became Poet Laureate in 1692. Tate is best known for The History of King Lear, his 1681 adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear.

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Also known as: Tate, Nahum

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And silence their mourning
With vows of returning
But never intending to visit them more.
No never, no never, intending to visit them more.

While shepherds watched their flocks by night,
All seated on the ground,
The angel of the Lord came down,
And glory shone around.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Nahum Tate (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.