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First Line: So long you did not sing, or touch your lute
Last Line: Twas no more you then, but a cherubin.
Subject(s): Singing & Singers; Songs


So long you did not sing, or touch your Lute,
We knew 'twas Flesh and Blood, that there sate mute.
But when your Playing, and your Voice came in,
'Twas no more you then, but a Cherubin.





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