"Beneath our feet and o'er our head Is equal warning given: Beneath us lie the countless dead, Above us is the heaven! Death rides on every passing breeze, And lurks in every flower; Each season has its own disease, Its peril every hour."
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Poets from EnglandHymnwriters from EnglandMusicians from EnglandUniversity of Oxford facultyAnglican bishops
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"At a Funeral", No. I (1827)
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Reginald Heber
Reginald Heber (21 April 1783 β 3 April 1826) was an English bishop, now remembered chiefly as a hymn-writer.
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