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Text:Now, on land and sea descending
Author:Samuel Longfellow
Tune:VESPER HYMN
Composer:John A. Stevenson

655. 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
Language: English
Publication Date: 1992
Source: Vespers, 1859
Tune Information
Name: VESPER HYMN
Composer: John A. Stevenson
Meter: 87. 87. 86. 87
Key: E♭ Major
Source: A Selection of Popular National Airs, 1818



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