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 Ring out, will bells, to the wild sky,
 The flying cloud, the frosty light.  
 Ring out, will bells, to the wild sky,
 The flying cloud, the frosty light. 
 That all-softening, overpowering knell,
 The tocsin of the soul--the dinner bell.  
 That all-softening, overpowering knell,
 The tocsin of the soul--the dinner bell. 
 It cometh into court and pleads the cause
 Of creatures dumb and unknown to the laws;
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 It cometh into court and pleads the cause
 Of creatures dumb and unknown to the laws;
  And this shall make, in every Christian clime,
   The bell of Atri famous for all time.
   - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 
 With deep affection
 And recollection
  I often think of
   Those Shandon bells,
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 With deep affection
 And recollection
  I often think of
   Those Shandon bells,
    Whose sounds so wild would,
     In the days of childhood,
      Fling round my cradle
       Their magic spells. 
 Ring in the valiant man and free,
 The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
  Ring out the darkness read more 
 Ring in the valiant man and free,
 The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
  Ring out the darkness of the land;
   Ring in the Christ that is to be. 
 I call the Living--I mourn the Dead--
 I break the Lightning.  
 I call the Living--I mourn the Dead--
 I break the Lightning. 
 Your voices break and falter in the darkness,--
 Break, falter, and are still.  
 Your voices break and falter in the darkness,--
 Break, falter, and are still. 
 Around, around,
 Companions all, take your ground,
  And name the bell with joy profound!
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 Around, around,
 Companions all, take your ground,
  And name the bell with joy profound!
   Concordia is the world we've found
    Most meet to express the harmonious sound,
     That calls to those in friendship bound. 
 Ring out old shapes of foul disease;
 Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
  Ring out the read more 
 Ring out old shapes of foul disease;
 Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
  Ring out the thousand wars of old,
   Ring in the thousand years of peace.