"We plough the fields, and scatter The good seed on the land; But it is fed and watered By 's almighty hand: He sends the snow in winter, The warmth to swell the grain, The breezes and the sunshine, And soft refreshing rain."
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Translated from the German of Matthias Claudius, Wir pflĂĽgen und wir streuen
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Jane Montgomery Campbell
Jane Montgomery Campbell (1817 – 15 November 1878) was a British musician and poet.
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