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Text:Be Thou My Vision
Translator:Mary Elizabeth Byrne
Versifier:Eleanor Hull
Tune:SLANE

278. Be Thou My Vision

Text Information
First Line: Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart
Title: Be Thou My Vision
Translator: Mary Elizabeth Byrne
Versifier: Eleanor Hull (1912)
Meter: 10.10.10.10
Language: English
Publication Date: 2018
Topic: Life in Christ
Source: 8th-century hymn
Tune Information
Name: SLANE
Meter: 10.10.10.10
Key: D Major
Source: Irish folk melody



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