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Text:Now On Land and Sea Descending
Author:Samuel Longfellow, 1819-1892
Tune:VESPER HYMN. BORTNIANSKY
Composer:Dmitri S. Bortniansky, 1752-1825

489. Now On Land and Sea Descending

Text Information
First Line: Now, on land and sea descending
Title: Now On Land and Sea Descending
Author: Samuel Longfellow, 1819-1892 (alt.)
Meter: 8, 7, 8, 7, 8, 6, 8, 7.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1954
Tune Information
Name: VESPER HYMN. BORTNIANSKY
Composer: Dmitri S. Bortniansky, 1752-1825
Meter: 8, 7, 8, 7, 8, 6, 8, 7.
Key: E♭ Major



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