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Meanings of long metre in English

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Usage of long metre in English
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He tried it this time, but went off on a long metre tune.
The Lights and Shadows of Real Life
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Of the few suitable six-line long metre part songs, the charming Russian tone-poem of St.
The Story of the Hymns and Tunes
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They were in long metre, and "Old Hundred" would have fitted them grandly.
Around the Tea-Table
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The long metre doxology.
From Jest to Earnest
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Would it make you happy if I was to learn a hymn for you- asmashingbig hymn-six verses, long metre, and no grumbling?
Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor
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Nevertheless I always did welcome that last hymn, announced to be sung "with the Doxology," usually in " long metre," to the tune of "Old Hundred."
A New England Girlhood, Outlined from Memory (Beverly, MA)
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Otherwise it must be sung to the usual tunes of the Long Metre.
The Psalms of David / Imitated in the Language of the New Testam...
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