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Text:Lo, the fair beauty of earth
Author:Venantius Fortunatus, 530-609
Tune:SALVE FESTA DIES
Composer:R. Vaughan Wiliams, 1872-1958

109b. Lo, the fair beauty of earth

Text Information
First Line: Lo, the fair beauty of earth
Author: Venantius Fortunatus, 530-609
Refrain First Line: Hail thee, Festival Day
Publication Date: 1986
Topic: The Christian Year: Eastertide; Procession
Source: Tr.: Editors
Copyright: Permission granted by Oxford University Press (from "English Hymnal")
Tune Information
Name: SALVE FESTA DIES
Composer: R. Vaughan Wiliams, 1872-1958
Meter: Irregular
Key: G Major
Copyright: By permission of Oxford University Press (from "English Hymnal")



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