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147. O Heart, the Ark that holds the law

Text Information
First Line: O Heart, the Ark that holds the law
Latin Title: Cor arca legem continens
Meter: L.M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1983
Topic: The Sacred Heart
Source: Latin, 18th Century; Tr.: The Dominican Breviary (1967)
Tune Information
Name: VERBUM SUPERNUM PRODIENS II
Composer: Cyr de Brant
Meter: L.M.
Key: a minor or modal
Source: The Pius X Hymnal (1953)
Copyright: © 1953 McLaughlin & Reilly. Used by permission of Summy-Birchard Music, owner



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