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edmund rubbra - sound forth celestial organs lyrics

sound forth celestial organs, let heaven’s quite
ravish the dancing orbs, make them mount higher
with nimble capers, and force atlas tread
upon his tip+toes
ere his silver head
shall kiss his golden burden
thou, glad isle
that swimmst as deep in joys as seas, now smile;
let not thy weight glories, this full tide
of bliss, debase thee, but with a just pride
swell, swell to such a height that thou may’st vie
with heaven itself for stately majesty
do not deceive me, eyes; do i not see
in this blest earth heaven’s bright epitome
circled with pure refined glory?
here i view a rising sun in this our sphere
whose blazing beams, maugre the blackest night
and mists of grief, dares force a joyful light
the gold in which he flames does well presage
a precious season and a golden age
shine forth, ye flaming sparks of
deity, ye perfect emblems of divinity;
fix’d in your spheres of glory, shed from thence
the treasures of our lives, your influence:
for if you set, who may not justly fear
the world will be one ocean, one great tear?

- edmund rubbra lyrics

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