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TOLVADDEN

Composer: Kenneth G. Finlay

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Tune Information

Title: TOLVADDEN
Composer: Kenneth G. Finlay
Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6
Incipit: 34543 14565 16543

Texts

Not Here For High and Holy Things

Not here for high and holy things
we render thanks to thee,
but for the common things of earth,
the purple pageantry
of dawning and of dying days,
the splendor of the sea,

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The Church and School Hymnal #227a

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