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43. O Herod, wicked foe, why fear

Text Information
First Line: O Herod, wicked foe, why fear
Latin Title: Hostis Herodes impie
Author: Coelius Sedulius (d.c. 450)
Meter: L.M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1983
Topic: Epiphany
Source: Trans.: Irish Dominican Fathers (Dominican Breviary in English), alt. and 3 stanzas omitted
Copyright: Translation © 1967 by The Irish Dominican Fathers
Tune Information
Name: A BABE IS BORN
Meter: L.M.
Key: c minor or modal
Source: English, 16th Century or earlier
Copyright: Harmony © 1970 DNS



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