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The song of Zion is a tasteless thing, Unless when rising on a joyful wing, The soul can mix with the celestial bands, And give the strain the compass it demands.
The song of Zion is a tasteless thing, Unless when rising on a joyful wing, The soul can mix with the celestial bands, And give the strain the compass it demands.
Approximate author period: c. 1765 AD · early modern
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- William Cowper
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- Approximate author period: c. 1765 AD · early modern
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 410 · printed citation: Cowper · subject: MUSIC
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