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CHRISTMAS IN ARMAGH CATHEDRAL.
With angels and archangels, and with allThe host of Heaven, we magnify Thy Name
Of Saviour, from the highest Heaven who came
To be the Virgin's Son! whom seraphs call
Thrice-Holy, God Almighty!—Let the same
Be echoed in Thy churches here below,
With organ music like the cataract's flow,
And hovering voices like the rainbow's flame
Above the cataract! And when silence falls,
May all that kneel within these sacred walls
Feel on their hearts Thy blessing fall like dew.
And let us bear away, when we depart,
Music of Heaven embalmed in every heart!
For Thou art mighty all things to renew.
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