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Quote from "The Snow Queen" (1844)

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That summer the roses bloomed their splendid best. The little girl had learned a hymn in which there was a line about roses that reminded her of their own flowers. She sang it to the little boy, and he sang it with her:

"Where roses bloom so sweetly in the vale,
There shall you find the Christ Child, without fail."

The children held each other by the hand, kissed the roses, looked up at the Lord's clear sunshine, and spoke to it as if the Christ Child were there.

Source: Jean Hersholt's translation of "The Snow Queen"

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Registered motifs in this quote:

1. God
2. Hymn, psalm
3. Jesus Christ

Keywords: Adolph Brorson, hymn, roses, girl, boy, sun, light

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