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SANTA CECILIA.
Ah Santa Cecilia,
Touch me and heal me,
Me, storm-swept, even me,
Beyond life's utmost sea;
Kiss me, and seal me,
Santa Cecilia.
Touch me and heal me,
Me, storm-swept, even me,
Beyond life's utmost sea;
Kiss me, and seal me,
Santa Cecilia.
Sweet music and melody,
Ye only left me
Far to my heart out-weigh
Love, hope, faith, reason's ray,
All things bereft me,
Music and melody.
Ye only left me
Far to my heart out-weigh
Love, hope, faith, reason's ray,
All things bereft me,
Music and melody.
Ah Santa Cecilia,
Kiss off the kisses,
That brand my brow with shame
And madness and lost fame,
The old sweet blisses,
Santa Cecilia.
Kiss off the kisses,
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And madness and lost fame,
The old sweet blisses,
Santa Cecilia.
Sweet music and melody,
Wrap me and swathe me
Between deep breasts of Art:
In fountains of her heart
Steep me and bathe me,
Music and melody.
Wrap me and swathe me
Between deep breasts of Art:
In fountains of her heart
Steep me and bathe me,
Music and melody.
Ah Santa Cecilia,
Never forsake me;
In white calm and white storm,
Cold winds and weathers warm,
Let thy voice wake me,
Santa Cecilia.
Never forsake me;
In white calm and white storm,
Cold winds and weathers warm,
Let thy voice wake me,
Santa Cecilia.
Sweet music and melody,
Take me and lift me
Above where baser tides
Under sheer mountain-sides
Drive me and drift me,
Music and melody.
Take me and lift me
Above where baser tides
Under sheer mountain-sides
Drive me and drift me,
Music and melody.
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Ah Santa Cecilia,
Touch me and heal me,
Me, storm-swept, even me,
Beyond life's utmost sea;
Kiss me and seal me,
Santa Cecilia.
Touch me and heal me,
Me, storm-swept, even me,
Beyond life's utmost sea;
Kiss me and seal me,
Santa Cecilia.
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