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FYI, Balloonman responded to your question, here. Cheers, dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 07:41, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hymns and Spiritual Songs - a note

Although the "full" title is Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the Fasts and Festivals of the Church of England, 18th century titles/title pages do not use the "colon" to separate the title clauses. Thus, the publishing title is Hymns and Spiritual Songs, which is taken up as the title in Marcus Walsh's and Karina Williams's authoritative edition of the work in The Poetical Works of Christopher Smart vol II. This title is also used by critics when refering to the work, such as Neil Curry's chapter 5 titled Hymns and Spiritual Songs. Now, there has to be a disambig page, because Isaac Watt wrote a Hymns and Spiritual Songs, which should be disambiguated as a "collection" (it was a collection of loose hymns and spiritual songs written by him. Also, the title is very generic, so it Christopher Smart's may have to be disambiguated to say "1765" or "Smart". It will be a complicated issue in the future, because there was very little in Wikipedia to address Anglican and Dissenter religious works (plenty of works, little mention). Now, there are a few possibilities with this - we can follow your suggestion for the "full" title and add a disambiguation note about "Hymns and Spiritual Songs", or we can leave it as the shortened title. I don't care much either way, and the ball is in your court. Ottava Rima (talk) 17:45, 9 June 2008 (UTC)