A song for St. Cæcilia's Day, Nov. 22, 1686 written by Mr. Tho. Flatman ; and composed by Mr. Isaac Blackwell. Flatman, Thomas, 1637-1688. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A39656 of text R3395 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing F1155). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A39656 Wing F1155 ESTC R3395 11951846 ocm 11951846 51451 2248518236

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A39656) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 51451) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 29:7) A song for St. Cæcilia's Day, Nov. 22, 1686 written by Mr. Tho. Flatman ; and composed by Mr. Isaac Blackwell. Flatman, Thomas, 1637-1688. Blackwell, Isaac, fl. 1674-1687. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed for John Carr ..., London : 1686. Song text, 3 verses and chorus, without the music. Reproduction of original in: Harvard University. Library. eng Saint Cecilia's Day -- Poetry. Songs, English -- Texts. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo A song for St. Cæcilia's Day, Nov. 22, 1686. Written by Mr. Tho. Flatman: And composed by Mr. Isaac Blackwell. Flatman, Thomas, 1686 2 328 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2003-01 Assigned for keying and markup 2003-02 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2003-03 Sampled and proofread 2003-03 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2003-04 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A SONG for St. CAECILIA's Day , Nov. 22 . 1686. Written by Mr. Tho. Flatman : And Composed by Mr. Isaac Blackwell . I. FRom those pure , those blest Abodes , Where none but Tuneful Spirits dwell , Or Gods , or like to Gods , That did on Earth in Harmony Excel , Descend ye Powers on this illustrious Day , Devoted to the bright Caecilia ; Inspire us how to Sing , and how to Play ; Transport us with Seraphick Fire , While our Ambicious Voice we raise , Full of Wonder , full of Praise , And boldly touch the trembling Lyre . II. Humble Song Advance ! Arise ! Of Laurels , Palms , and Triumphs Sing , Of Crowns that dazle mortal Eyes , Crowns obtain'd by suffering , Divine Caecilia be thy lofty Theme ; Sing Her Immortal Diadem ; Sing aloud Her Heavenly Race , The Raptures of Her Soul , the Glories of Her Face , And what we Sing aloud Let Eccho double from a beamy Cloud . III. Think on Caecilia you that be Enamourd of Angelick Symphony : Think with a pious Rage , On this our weary Pilgrimage ; This Vale of Tears , this heavy load of Life , And contend to be as free , And as easie as She , Void of sorrow , void of strife : Thus o're-whelm'd with Joy and Love , You need not envy those above .
CHORUS . Then while we are here , let us innocent be , And as frolick as Musick can make us , That when we must waft o're this troublesom Sea , And the Monarch of Terrours o'retake us , We may practice Above , what we dote on beneath , Loud Anthems of Life , in defiance of Death .

London , Printed for Iohn Carr at the Middle-Temple Gate , 1686.