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Whence Comes This Rush of Wings?

Appears in 9 hymnals First Line: Whence comes this rush of wings afar Used With Tune: [Whence comes this rush of wings afar]

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[Whence comes this rush of wings afar]

Appears in 11 hymnals Tune Sources: Bas-Quercy Tune Key: g minor Incipit: 17122 33217 12176 Used With Text: Nouèl des Ausèls (Carol of the Birds)

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Whence Comes This Rush of Wings?

Hymnal: Noëls #89 (1932) First Line: Whence comes this rush of wings afar Languages: English Tune Title: [Whence comes this rush of wings afar]
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Whence comes this rush of wings afar

Hymnal: Carols Old and Carols New #460 (1916) Topics: Christmas Languages: English Tune Title: [Whence comes this rush of wings afar]
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Whence Comes This Rush of Wings?

Author: Unknown Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #7315 Meter: 8.8.8.8 First Line: Whence comes this rush of wings afar Lyrics: 1. Whence comes this rush of wings afar, Following straight the Noël star? Birds from the woods in wondrous flight, Bethlehem seek this holy night. 2. Tell us, ye birds, why come ye here, Into this stable, poor and drear? Hast’ning we seek the newborn King, And all our sweetest music bring. 3. Hark how the greenfinch bears his part, Philomel, too, with tender heart, Chants from her leafy dark retreat, Re, mi, fa, sol, in accents sweet. 4. Angels and shepherds, birds of the sky, Come where the Son of God doth lie; Christ on the earth with man doth dwell, Join in the shout, Noël, Noël! Languages: English Tune Title: BAS-QUERCY

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Person Name: Unknown Translator (from French) of "Whence Comes This Rush of Wings?" in The Cyber Hymnal In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.
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