I haven't actually had difficulty finding secular texts that inspire a sense of solemnity...There is no lack of inspiring expressions whose subject is not religious...My point was that these expressions are either not absolute praise...

This is why I expressed discomfort with the word "solemnity". I'm really after something more like "extreme emotions expressed with extreme dignity, in a way everyone recognizes."

In any case I did not mean to imply that there are no secular texts of depth or inspirational power. I just haven't yet succeeded in coming up with the appropriate successor to the musical tradition of religious settings. It feels like too specific of a genre.