Charles Hubert Hastings Parry - Blest pair of Sirens - текст песни (слова)

Blest pair of Sirens, pledges of Heaven's joy,  
Sphere-born harmonious sisters, Voice and Verse,  
Wed your divine sounds, and mixt power employ,  
Dead things with inbreathed sense able to pierce;  
And to our high-raised phantasy present 
That undisturbed song of pure consent,  
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 
Jarr'd against Nature's chime, and with harsh din 
Broke the fair music that all creatures made 
To their great Lord, whose love their motion swayed 
In perfect diapason, whilst they stood 
In first obedience, and their state of good.  
O may we soon again renew that song 
And keep in tune with Heaven, till God ere long 
To his celestial consort us unite,  
To live with him and sing in endless morn of light.