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Memento Homo : William Byrd (c.1540-1623)
Memento Homo : William Byrd (c.1540-1623)
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Remember, O Man, that thou art dust, and to dust shalt return.
Source: Thomas Tallis and William Byrd: Cantiones, qu ab argumento sacr vocantur... (London, 1575), no.18.
Text: Spoken at the imposition of ashes, Ash Wednesday.
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