"The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown: Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn;"
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John Keats, "Ode to a Nightingale" (1820)
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Ruth (biblical figure)
Ruth (Hebrew: רוּת, Modern: Rūt, Tiberian: Rūṯ) is the namesake of the Book of Ruth. She was a Moabite woman who married an Israelite, Mahlon. After the death of all the male members of her family (her husband, her father-in-law, and her brother-in-law), she stays with her mother-in-law, Naomi, and moves to Judah with her, where Ruth wins the love and protection of a wealthy relative, Boaz, through her kindness. She is the great-grandmother of David.
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