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THE SABBATH BELLS
Sunday, July 30, 1865
Ring, Sabbath bells, O softly ring,
And with your peaceful accents bring
To loving ears a welcome tale
Of flowing seas and gentle gale—
Ring!
And with your peaceful accents bring
To loving ears a welcome tale
Of flowing seas and gentle gale—
Ring!
Peal, all ye Sabbath bells—O peal,
And tell the few who watch and kneel
Of hidden snares and sunken rocks,
Of surges white and sudden shocks—
Peal!
And tell the few who watch and kneel
Of hidden snares and sunken rocks,
Of surges white and sudden shocks—
Peal!
Toll, O ye Sabbath bells, and toll
Each passing and heroic soul:
Toll for the sacrifices sweet,
For duty done and work complete—
Toll!
Each passing and heroic soul:
Toll for the sacrifices sweet,
For duty done and work complete—
Toll!
Chime, O ye Sabbath bells, O chime!
Each man has his appointed time;
The worst is but a glad release;
Chime, Sabbath bells, a song of Peace—
Chime!
Each man has his appointed time;
The worst is but a glad release;
Chime, Sabbath bells, a song of Peace—
Chime!
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