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 Bell, thou soundest merrily,
 When the bridal party
  To the church doth hie!
   Bell, read more 
 Bell, thou soundest merrily,
 When the bridal party
  To the church doth hie!
   Bell, thou soundest solemnly,
    When, on Sabbath morning,
     Fields deserted lie! 
 How soft the music of those village bells,
 Falling at interval upon the ear
  In cadence sweet; read more 
 How soft the music of those village bells,
 Falling at interval upon the ear
  In cadence sweet; now dying all away,
   Now pealing loud again, and louder still,
    Clear and sonorous, as the gale comes on!
     With easy force it opens all the cells
      Where Memory slept. 
 The vesper bell from far
 That seems to mourn for the expiring day.  
 The vesper bell from far
 That seems to mourn for the expiring day. 
 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. 
 The cheerful Sabbath bells, wherever heard,
 Strike pleasant on the sense, most like the voice
  Of one, read more 
 The cheerful Sabbath bells, wherever heard,
 Strike pleasant on the sense, most like the voice
  Of one, who from the far-off hills proclaims
   Tidings of good to Zion. 
 Softly the loud peal dies,
 In passing winds it drowns,
  But breathes, like perfect joys,
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 Softly the loud peal dies,
 In passing winds it drowns,
  But breathes, like perfect joys,
   Tender tones. 
 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. 
 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. 
 The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves 
it it is dumb.
 [Lat., Nunquam read more 
 The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves 
it it is dumb.
 [Lat., Nunquam aedepol temere tinniit tintinnabulum;
  Nisi quis illud tractat aut movet, mutum est, tacet.]