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Curfew must not ring to-night.
Curfew must not ring to-night.
 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. 
 Hear the mellow wedding bells,
 Golden bells!
  What a world of happiness their harmony foretells
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 Hear the mellow wedding bells,
 Golden bells!
  What a world of happiness their harmony foretells
   Through the balmy air of night
    How they ring out their delight!
     From the molten golden notes,
      And all in tune
       What a liquid ditty floats
        To the turtle-dove that listens while she gloats
         On the moon! 
 And the Sabbath bell,
 That over wood and wild and mountain dell
  Wanders so far, chasing all read more 
 And the Sabbath bell,
 That over wood and wild and mountain dell
  Wanders so far, chasing all thoughts unholy
   With sounds most musical, most melancholy. 
 Hark! the bonny Christ-Church bells,
 One, two, three, four, five, six;
  They sound so woundy great,
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 Hark! the bonny Christ-Church bells,
 One, two, three, four, five, six;
  They sound so woundy great,
   So wound'rous sweet,
    And they troul so merrily. 
 Dear bells! how sweet the sound of village bells
 When on the undulating air they swim!  
 Dear bells! how sweet the sound of village bells
 When on the undulating air they swim! 
 Seize the loud, vociferous fells, and
 Clashing, clanging to the pavement
  Hurl them from their windy tower!  
 Seize the loud, vociferous fells, and
 Clashing, clanging to the pavement
  Hurl them from their windy tower! 
 The old mayor climbed the belfry tower,
 The ringers ran by two, by three;
  "Pull, if ye read more 
 The old mayor climbed the belfry tower,
 The ringers ran by two, by three;
  "Pull, if ye never pulled before;
   Good ringers, pull your best," quoth he.
    "Play uppe, play uppe, O Boston bells!
     Ply all your changes, all your swells,
      Play uppe The Brides of Enderby."