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{\normalfont\large Carl Riedel,}
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{\normalfont\LARGE Come, all ye shepherds}
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{\itshape tradukita de Mari Ruef Hofer}
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{\itshape \small Traduko de la Germana
poemo ``Kommet, ihr Hirten'' de {\scshape
Carl Riedel} ($\ast$1827-10.05~--~$\dagger$1888-06-03)
en la Anglan de {\scshape Mari Ruef Hofer}
($\ast$1858~--~$\dagger$1929) en 1912.

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Arg-565-1141 (2010-09-20 10:58:33)

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Tiun ĉi angligon de la kanto mi, Manfred
Retzlaff, trovis en
\url{http://ingeb.org/spiritua/kommetih.html}
kaj en \url{http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/c/o/comeayes.htm}.
Informoj pri la tradukinto, s-ino Hofer,
Mari Ruef, troviĝas en
\url{http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/h/o/f/hofer_mr.htm}
kaj en \url{http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL2440634A/Mari_Ruef_Hofer}.
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