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Hark! the organs blow Their swelling notes ’round the cathedral’s dome, And grace the harmonious choir, celestial feast To pious ears, and med’cine of the mind! The thrilling trebles, and the manly base, Join in accordance meet, and with one voice All to the sacred subject suit their song; While in each breast sweet melancholy reigns, Angelically pensive, till the joy Improves and purifies.
Hark! the organs blow Their swelling notes ’round the cathedral’s dome, And grace the harmonious choir, celestial feast To pious ears, and med’cine of the mind! The thrilling trebles, and the manly base, Join in accordance meet, and with one voice All to the sacred subject suit their song; While in each breast sweet melancholy reigns, Angelically pensive, till the joy Improves and purifies.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
In print by 1888: recorded in A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888). Collection publication is an upper bound for this wording, not its earliest origin, composition date or the author's lifetime.
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 409 · printed citation: Smart · subject: MUSIC
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