O sacred friendship, heaven's delight - Cooke, Benjamin

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◈ Genre → Glees ♬ Voicing → SATB ¶ Language → English

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 5

CPDL # 55187

Editor Christopher Shaw

Posted 2019-08-27

License Personal

¶Lyrics / Text

O sacred friendship, heaven's delight, Who, tired with man's unequal mind, Took to thy native skies thy flight While scarce thy shadow's left behind; From thee, diffusive good below, Peace and her train of joys we trace, But falsehood, with dissembled show, Too oft usurps thy sacred place. Blessed genius, then resume thy seat; Destroy imposture and deceit, Which in thy dress confound the ball. Harmonious peace and truth renew, Shew the false friendship from the true, Or nature must to chaos fall.