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  Next, let the solemn organ join

  Religious airs, and strains divine,

  Such as may lift us to the skies,

  And set all Heaven before our eyes:

          'Such as may lift us to the skies;

          So far at least till they

          Descend with kind surprise,

       And meet our pious harmony half-way.'

  Let then the trumpet's piercing sound

  Our ravished ears with pleasure wound.

       The soul o'erpowering with delight,

  As, with a quick uncommon ray,

  A streak of lightning clears the day,

       And flashes on the sight.

  Let Echo too perform her part,

  Prolonging every note with art,

       And in a low expiring strain

       Play all the concert o'er again.

  Such were the tuneful notes that hung

  On bright Cecilia's charming tongue:

  Notes that sacred heats inspired,

  And with religious ardour fired:

  The love-sick youth, that long suppress'd

  His smothered passion in his breast,

  No sooner heard the warbling dame,

     But, by the secret influence turn'd,

  He felt a new diviner flame,

     And with devotion burn'd.

  With ravished soul, and looks amazed,

  Upon her beauteous face he gazed;

     Nor made his amorous complaint:

  In vain her eyes his heart had charm'd,

  Her heavenly voice her eyes disarm'd,

     And changed the lover to a saint.