In the silence of the night, How we shiver with affright At the melancholy menace of their tone! For every sound that floats From the rust within their throats Is a groan. Punch - Page 49edited by - 1897Full view - About this book
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...of the bells — Iron bolls ! What a world of solemn thought their monody compels 1 In the silence of the night, How we shiver with affright At the melancholy...menace of their tone ! For every sound that floats From the rust within their throats Is a groan. And the people — ah, the "people — They that dwell up... | |
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...bell*— Iron bells ! What a world of solemn thought their monofy In the silence of the night, [compta»! How we shiver with affright At the melancholy menace of their tone! For every sound that floats From the rust within their throats Is a groan. And the people — ah, the people — They that dwell up... | |
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