GRAND CHORUS. At last divine Cecilia came, The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown; He raised a mortal to the skies, VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS, PARAPHRASED. CREATOR spirit, by whose aid Plenteous of grace, descend from high, Rich in thy sevenfold energy! Thou strength of his Almighty hand, Whose power does heaven and earth command. Proceeding spirit, our defence, Who do'st the gifts of tongues dispense, Chace from our minds the infernal foe; Make us eternal truths receive, |