Sung at a choral course in Nottingham in 1977 Sing we and chant it While love doth grant it Not long youth lasteth and old age hasteth Now is best leisure To take our pleasure All things invite us Now to delight us Hence, care, be packing! No ...  moreSung at a choral course in Nottingham in 1977 Sing we and chant it While love doth grant it Not long youth lasteth and old age hasteth Now is best leisure To take our pleasure All things invite us Now to delight us Hence, care, be packing! No mirth be lacking! Let spare no treasure To live in pleasure  

Acappellago Concert 12/6/2009 Naperville Congregational Church

Introduction by Martin How, followed by Blest Pair of Sirens by C H H Parry Blest pair of Sirens, pledges of Heav'n's joy, Sphere-born harmonious sisters, Voice and Verse, Wed your divine sounds, and mixed pow'r employ, Dead things with inbreathed ...  moreIntroduction by Martin How, followed by Blest Pair of Sirens by C H H Parry Blest pair of Sirens, pledges of Heav'n's joy, Sphere-born harmonious sisters, Voice and Verse, Wed your divine sounds, and mixed pow'r employ, Dead things with inbreathed sense able to pierce; and to our high-raised phantasy present That undisturbed song of pure content, Aye sung before the sapphire-coloured throne To Him that sits thereon, With saintly shout, and solemn jubilee, Where the bright Seraphim in burning row Their loud uplifted angel-trumpets blow, and the Cherubic host in thousand quires Touch their immortal harps of golden wires, With those just Spirits that wear victorious palms, Hymns devout and holy psalms Singing everlastingly: That we on earth with undiscording voice May rightly answer that melodious noise; As once we did, till disproportioned sin Jarred against nature's chime, and with harsh din ..........  less

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