pean

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Louis Armstrong – What a Wonderful World The vocal by the king of jazz lent a grandfatherly wisdom to this pean to nature’s purity.

From The Guardian • Nov. 26, 2015

The War Department, disregarding Euro pean protests, sent the 9th and 12th Divisions of the Japanese Army to Shanghai to bolster the none-too-successful blue jackets of Admirals Shiosawa and Nomura.

From Time Magazine Archive

World War II: Known as a good infantryman who knew how to train others, went to England in 1942 to command all U.S. ground forces in the Euro pean Theater of Operations.

From Time Magazine Archive

He started with the A. P. as a sportswriter, was sent to England in 1939 to cover Euro pean sports.

From Time Magazine Archive

The high silvery flute notes and the mellow alto of the deep horn were like the voices of the Seraphim, leading all the others in their pean of "Glad tidings of great joy."

From The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware by Barry, Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze)