Hymns Heaven-bound

Hymns Heaven-bound

Singing the Mass prayerfully -
now deep dulcet tones cling on
to each symbol carefully,
a parish of men in song.

Sound of song turns feminine
with women’s voices rounding
up in vocal discipline,
adds sopranos sweet sounding.

On ascent tenors join too,
varied tones entwine bringing
musical accord into
their heavenly hymn singing.

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the Ae Freislighe Irish Verse Form:

a. written in quatrains, each line has 7 syllables
b. L1 and L3 written with three-syllable end-words and L2 and L4 with two-syllable end-words
c. rhymed abab cdcd etc.
d. written with the defining features of most Celtic poems, cywddydd (harmony of sound) and dunadh (ending the poem with the same word, phrase or line with which the poem began)