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Text Identifier:"^life_is_a_span_a_fleeting_hour$"
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BEATITUDO

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 497 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John Bacchus Dykes Tune Sources: Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1875 Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 12353 14367 13222 Used With Text: Life Is A Span, A Fleeting Hour
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WOODLAND

Appears in 130 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: N. D. Gould (1781-1864) Incipit: 13353 23235 51233 Used With Text: Life is a span, a fleeting hour
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AVON

Appears in 1,102 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Hugh Wilson Incipit: 51651 23213 53213 Used With Text: Life is a span, a fleeting hour
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FAITHFUL

Appears in 15 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Samuel P. Tuckerman Incipit: 33321 43655 32653 Used With Text: Life is a span, a fleeting hour
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CHINA

Appears in 8 hymnals Incipit: 55531 56251 71217 Used With Text: Life is a span, a fleeting hour
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STEELE

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: W. T. Dale Incipit: 53212 16551 13212 Used With Text: Life is a span, a fleeting hour

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