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Harmony 172

Tune: Abner Ellis, 1805
Alto: Mrs. Anna L. (Cooper) Blackshear, 1902
Lyrics: John Ogilvie, 1762
Meter: Common Particular Meter (8,8,6,8,8,6)
Wake, all ye soaring throngs and sing,
Ye cheerful warblers of the spring,
Harmonious anthems raise,
To Him who shap’d your finer mold,
Who tipp’d your glitt’ring wings with gold,
And tuned your voice to praise.