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On hearing that Mrs. M---, of the Y--- Theatre was dead.
To shew th'admiring world what pow'r divine,When Music, Beauty, Feeling, all combine,
Cecilia from the star-pav'd realms above,
In M****'s form inspir'd Mankind with Love;—
Alas! her stay how short! th' angelic choir,
Ardent, Cecilia's wish'd return desire:
The Saint the heav'nly mandate straight obeys,
And, smiling, Heav'n regain'd, to sing Jehovah's Praise.
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