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Keep up the loud harmonious song,
And imitate the blest above,
In joy, and harmony, and love.
Song for St. Cecilia's Day (1692)
Music, the greatest good that mortals know,
And all of heaven we have below.
Song for St. Cecilia's Day (1692)
Music religious heat inspires,
It wakes the soul, and lifts it high,
And wings it with sublime desires,
And fits it to bespeak the Deity.
Song for St. Cecilia's Day (1692)
All Heaven shall echo with their hymns divine,
And God himself with pleasure see
The whole creation in a chorus join.
Song for St. Cecilia's Day (1692)
Consecrate the place and day
To music and Cecilia.
Let no rough winds approach, nor dare
Invade the hallow'd bounds,
Nor rudely shake the tuneful air,
Nor spoil the fleeting sounds.
Song for St. Cecilia's Day (1692)
When time itself shall be no more,
And all things in confusion hurl'd,
Music shall then exert it's power,
And sound survive the ruins of the world:
Then saints and angels shall agree
In one eternal jubilee:
All Heaven shall echo with their hymns divine,
And God himself with pleasure see
The whole creation in a chorus join.
Song for St. Cecilia's Day (1692)