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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:

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'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.

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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,

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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.

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