Text:Hail Thee, Festival Day!
Author:Venantius Honorius Fortunatus, 530-509
Tune:SALVE FESTA DIES
Composer:Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958

388. Hail Thee, Festival Day!

Text Information
First Line: All the fair beauty of earth (He who was nailed to the cross) (Bright and in likeness of fire)
Title: Hail Thee, Festival Day!
Author: Venantius Honorius Fortunatus, 530-509
Refrain First Line: Hail thee, festival day!
Meter: Irregular with refrain
Language: English
Publication Date: 1994
Topic: Ascension of the Lord; Easter Season; Light (2 more...)
Source: Tr. Lutheran Book of Worship
Copyright: © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship, Adapted and reprinted by permission of Augsburg Fortress
ONE LICENSE: 64173
Tune Information
Name: SALVE FESTA DIES
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958
Meter: Irregular with refrain
Key: F Major
Source: English Hymnal
Copyright: By permission or Oxford University Press



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