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381:O Cross! all hail! sole hope, abide
376:Where He, in Flesh, flesh who made,
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890:"The Fifth Sunday in Lent: Hymn 84"
848:"Original Latin text on ChoralWiki"
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456:And yet by death did life procure.
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423:Et morte vitam protulit.
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