Theodore Aylward
 (1730 - 1801)

Hail, hallow'd vault (canzonet)
 (2S.Vc./Kbd.)
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"Eight canzonets for two soprano voices, dedicated by permission to their Royal Highnesses Princess Augusta and Princess Elizabeth" (and, one assumes, intended for domestic performance by the Royal Family). The bass line is marked "Violoncello or Harpsichord". c.1790 (n/d). Aylward also published a four part setting of this text for use as a glee.
Lyrics: William Hayley

Hail, hallow'd vault, whose darksome caverns hold
A frame, tho' mortal, of no common mould;
A heart scarce sullied with a human flaw,
Which shunn'd no duty and transgress'd no law;
In joy still guarded, in distress serene,
Through life a model of the golden mean,
Which friendship only led him to transgress,
Whose purer spirit sanctifies excess.