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XXI. SWEET VESPER BELLS.
Sweet vesper bells, whose chimes from yonder tower,
Come floating on the breeze with healing power,
And fill with music all the trembling air!
Fresh hope ye bring to hearts that ache with care,
As dews of eve revive the drooping flowers.
Come floating on the breeze with healing power,
And fill with music all the trembling air!
Fresh hope ye bring to hearts that ache with care,
As dews of eve revive the drooping flowers.
The heart is lifted up in praise and prayer,
As fall your liquid tones, a silver shower,
Upon the open champagne, broad and fair,
Sweet vesper bells!
As fall your liquid tones, a silver shower,
Upon the open champagne, broad and fair,
Sweet vesper bells!
Of all the day I hail that pensive hour,
When the shy bird of night sings in her bower
Songs sweet as love yet plaintive as despair,
And fond and faithful echoes gently bear
To all, your benediction as a dower,
Sweet vesper bells!
When the shy bird of night sings in her bower
Songs sweet as love yet plaintive as despair,
And fond and faithful echoes gently bear
To all, your benediction as a dower,
Sweet vesper bells!
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