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DIVINE POEMS: A PASTORAL HYMN, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Happy choristers of air
Last Line: Yet in them all thy name dost write.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hall Of Durham, John


HAPPY choristers of air,
Who by your nimble flight draw near
His throne, whose wondrous story,
And unconfined glory
Your notes still carol, whom your sound,
And whom your plumy pipes rebound.
Yet do the lazy snails no less
The greatness of our Lord confess,
And those whom weight hath chain'd,
And to the earth restrain'd,
Their ruder voices do as well,
Yea, and the speechless fishes tell.
Great Lord, from whom each tree receives,
Then pays again, as rent, his leaves;
Thou dost in purple set
The rose and violet,
And giv'st the sickly lily white;
Yet in them all Thy name dost write.





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