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 i BOSTON COLiLKOE lAHHAHY 
 
 CHESTNUT HILL, MASS. 
 

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 IVith deep affect io?i 
 A?td recollectio?i 
 I oft think of ^ 
 
 "Those Sha?iclo7i Bells^ 
 
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 IF hose sounds so wild would ^ 
 In days of childhood^ 
 
 Fling rowid my cradle 
 Fheir 9nagic spells. 
 
0?i this I ponder 
 JT^here er I wa?ider^ 
 


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And thus grow fonder^ 
 Sweet Cork^ of thee] 
 

thy Bells oj^ Shandong 
 That sou7'id so grafid 07 i 
 The pleas a?it waters 
 Of the river Tee. 
 
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I've heard bells chiming 
 Full many a clime in^ 
 
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T"olli7tg suhli7ne /;/ 
 
 Cathedi^al shrine^ 
 at a glibe rate 
 
 Brass 1 072^ lies would vibrate — 
 
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 But all their 77tusic 
 Spoke naught like thi7te 
 
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For memory cl-irelli7ig 
 On each proud s-jcelli?jg 
 Oy thy belfry k}ielli7tg 
 Its bold tiotes free^ 
 Made the beds of Shandon 
 Sound far more grand 07i 
 The pleasant -ccaters 
 Of the river Lee. 
 
Fve heard bells tolling 
 
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 Old Adrian s Mole" in 
 Their thu7tder rolling 
 From the Vatican^ 
 
And cymbals glorious 
 Swi?7ging uproarious 
 In the gorgeous turrets 
 Of Notre Dame. 
 

But thy sounds were sweeter 
 Thai! the dome of Peter 
 Flings o’er the Fiber^ 
 
 Pealing solejnnly ; — 
 
 

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JVhile 07i tower and kiosk 0 1 
 In Saint Sophia 
 
 Tdhe Turkman gets, 
 
 And loud in air 
 Calls men to prayer 
 From the tapering summit 
 Of tall minarets . 
 
Such empty phantom 
 I freely gra^^t them ; 
 
 But there is a?t anthe7n 
 More dear to 7ne ^ — 
 "Tis the Bells of Sha?tdo77 
 That sotmd so gra7td 07i 
 The pleasa72t waters 
 Of the river Lee, 
 
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THE BELLS OF SHANDON. 
 
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 I’ve heard bells chiming 
 Full many a clime in, 
 
 Tolling sublime in 
 
 Cathedral shrine, 
 
 While at a glibe rate 
 Brass tongues would vibrate — 
 But all their music 
 
 Spoke naught like thine 
 For memory dwelling 
 On each proud swelling 
 Of thy belfry knelling 
 
 Its bold notes free. 
 Made the bells of Shandon 
 Sound far more grand on 
 The pleasant waters 
 
 Of the river Lee, 
 
 I’ve heard bells tolling 
 Old “Adrian’s Mole ” in. 
 Their thunder rolling 
 
 From the Vatican, 
 And cymbals glorious 
 Swinging uproarious 
 In the gorgeous turrets 
 
 Of Notre Dame ; 
 But thy sounds were sweeter 
 Than the dome of Peter 
 Flings o’er the Tiber, 
 
 Pealing solemnly ; — 
 O ! the bells of Shandon 
 Sound far more grand on 
 The pleasant waters 
 
 Of the river Lee. 
 
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 There's a bell in Moscow, 
 While on tower and kiosk O ! 
 In Saint Sophia 
 
 The Turkman gets, 
 And loud in air 
 Calls men to prayer 
 From the tapering summit 
 Of tall minarets. 
 
 Such empty phantom 
 I freely grant them ; 
 
 But there is an anthem 
 
 More dear to me, — 
 ’Tis the bells of Shandon 
 That sound so grand on 
 The pleasant waters 
 
 Of the river Lee. 
 
 Note. — The words of “ The Shandon Bells'^ were written by 
 Rev. Francis Mahoney (Father Prout). 
 

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