Lyra Sacra: Being a Collection of Hymns Ancient and Modern, Odes; And Fragments of Sacred Poetry (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Lyra Sacra: Being a Collection of Hymns Ancient and Modern, Odes; And Fragments of Sacred Poetry

With regard to that portion of the Lyra Sacra, entitled Hymns, Ancient and Aladern, the Editor wifhes it to be underflood that the term Ancient is ufed with fome latitude, including Authors n'om times previous to the Chrifiian era down to the beginning of the laft century his object being to combine fome of Zion's Songs, wherewith the faithful of Chrift's Holy Catholic Church were wont in ancient days to fing the praifes of Chrifi our King, with the choicefi fpecimens of Hymns, which the compofitions of modern times afford.

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