| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 25818 |
| QUOTATION: | The guileless old scapegoat;
For forty nights and days
Followed in Jesus’ ways,
Sure guard behind Him kept,
Tears like a lover wept. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Robert Graves (1895–1985), British poet, novelist, critic. In the Wilderness (l. 26–30). . .
Modern American & British Poetry. Louis Untermeyer, ed., in consultation with Karl Shapiro and Richard Wilbur. (Rev., shorter ed., 1955) Harcourt, Brace and Company. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Graves Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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