The Third Volume of the Works of Mr. William Congreve containing Poems upon Several Occasions |
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VIII.
Enough, Urania, heav'nly fair!
Now to thy Native Skies repair,
And rule again the Starry Sphere;
Cecilia comes, with holy Rapture fill'd,
To ease the World of Care.
Cecilia, more than all the Muses skill'd!
Phœbus himself to her must yield,
And at her Feet lay down
His Golden Harp and Lawrel Crown.
The soft enervate Lyre is drown'd
In the deep Organ's more majestick Sound.
In Peals the swelling Notes ascend the Skies;
Perpetual Breath the swelling Notes supplies,
And lasting as her Name,
Who form'd the tuneful Frame,
Th'immortal Musick never dies.
Now to thy Native Skies repair,
And rule again the Starry Sphere;
Cecilia comes, with holy Rapture fill'd,
To ease the World of Care.
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Phœbus himself to her must yield,
And at her Feet lay down
His Golden Harp and Lawrel Crown.
The soft enervate Lyre is drown'd
In the deep Organ's more majestick Sound.
In Peals the swelling Notes ascend the Skies;
Perpetual Breath the swelling Notes supplies,
And lasting as her Name,
Who form'd the tuneful Frame,
Th'immortal Musick never dies.
Grand CHORUS.
Cecilia, more than all the Muses skill'd!Phœbus himself to her must yield,
And at her Feet lay down
His Golden Harp and Lawrel Crown.
The soft enervate Lyre is drown'd
In the deep Organ's more majestick Sound.
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Perpetual Breath the swelling Notes supplies,
And lasting as her Name,
Who form'd the tuneful Frame,
Th'immortal Musick never dies.
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