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Born on the swelling notes, our soul aspire, While solemn airs improve the sacred fire, And angels lean from Heaven to hear.
Born on the swelling notes, our soul aspire, While solemn airs improve the sacred fire, And angels lean from Heaven to hear.
Approximate author period: c. 1716 AD · early modern
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- Author or tradition
- Alexander Pope
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- Approximate author period: c. 1716 AD · early modern
author lifetime midpoint (1688–1744)
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 409 · printed citation: Pope · subject: MUSIC
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