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Text:Longing for heaven, and rejecting strongly
Tune:DIE NACHT IST KOMMEN
Composer:Petrus Nigidus (1501-1583)

277. Longing for heaven, and rejecting strongly

Text Information
First Line: Longing for heaven, and rejecting strongly
Meter: 11 11. 11 5
Language: English
Publication Date: 1983
Topic: St. Raymond of Penyafort
Source: Latin, author unknown, 13th or 14th Century; Trans.: Dominican Breviary, in English, (1967), alt.
Copyright: Translation © 1967 by The Irish Dominican Fathers
Tune Information
Name: DIE NACHT IST KOMMEN
Composer: Petrus Nigidus (1501-1583)
Meter: 11 11. 11 5
Key: C Major
Source: Version of 1540



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