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Text:Brief life is here our portion
Author:Bernard of Cluny
Translator:Rev. J. M. Neale
Tune:DEVONSHIRE

626b. Brief life is here our portion

Text Information
First Line: Brief life is here our portion
Latin Title: Hic breve vivitur
Author: Bernard of Cluny (1145)
Translator: Rev. J. M. Neale (1851)
Meter: 7 6. 7 6.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1939
Topic: Communion of Saints and Life Everlasting; Advent; New Year (2 more...)
Tune Information
Name: DEVONSHIRE
Meter: 7 6. 7 6.
Key: F Major
Source: English Traditional Melody
Copyright: Arr. by permission of the Oxford University Press.



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