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John Sullivan Dwight. Influenced by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Dwight altered the French text more extensively than required for a direct translation. For example, "O hear the angel voices [...] O night divine" replaced "Await your deliverance [...] Behold the Redeemer". Another English version, "O Night Divine", was produced in the late 19th century by American musician Hart Pease Danks, and both adaptations circulated

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