Anthem Bells

Anthem Bells

Heard ye the bells, the chapel bells,Pealing in Bethlehem?The vibrant swells, the solemn knells,On the eve of a requiem?Saw ye the treesWhen the gentle breezeCaressed the leaves of them?Heard ye the guns, the distant guns,That thundered down the vale,When comrades strode the mountain roadTo brave the battle gale?...O, see the worn, returning men whose march no fire could stem,And hear their song as they surge alongThe road to Bethlehem!O, hear the hoofs, the iron hoofs,Falling in Bethlehem,While sunlight flames on the ruddy roofsIn the hills of Jerusalem!And if you’ve crossed the wilderness by well and palmy hod,Pray heed the bells, the heavenly bells,That call the folk to God.“GERARDY.”

Heard ye the bells, the chapel bells,Pealing in Bethlehem?The vibrant swells, the solemn knells,On the eve of a requiem?Saw ye the treesWhen the gentle breezeCaressed the leaves of them?Heard ye the guns, the distant guns,That thundered down the vale,When comrades strode the mountain roadTo brave the battle gale?...O, see the worn, returning men whose march no fire could stem,And hear their song as they surge alongThe road to Bethlehem!O, hear the hoofs, the iron hoofs,Falling in Bethlehem,While sunlight flames on the ruddy roofsIn the hills of Jerusalem!And if you’ve crossed the wilderness by well and palmy hod,Pray heed the bells, the heavenly bells,That call the folk to God.“GERARDY.”

Heard ye the bells, the chapel bells,Pealing in Bethlehem?The vibrant swells, the solemn knells,On the eve of a requiem?Saw ye the treesWhen the gentle breezeCaressed the leaves of them?

Heard ye the bells, the chapel bells,

Pealing in Bethlehem?

The vibrant swells, the solemn knells,

On the eve of a requiem?

Saw ye the trees

When the gentle breeze

Caressed the leaves of them?

Heard ye the guns, the distant guns,That thundered down the vale,When comrades strode the mountain roadTo brave the battle gale?...O, see the worn, returning men whose march no fire could stem,And hear their song as they surge alongThe road to Bethlehem!

Heard ye the guns, the distant guns,

That thundered down the vale,

When comrades strode the mountain road

To brave the battle gale?...

O, see the worn, returning men whose march no fire could stem,

And hear their song as they surge along

The road to Bethlehem!

O, hear the hoofs, the iron hoofs,Falling in Bethlehem,While sunlight flames on the ruddy roofsIn the hills of Jerusalem!And if you’ve crossed the wilderness by well and palmy hod,Pray heed the bells, the heavenly bells,That call the folk to God.

O, hear the hoofs, the iron hoofs,

Falling in Bethlehem,

While sunlight flames on the ruddy roofs

In the hills of Jerusalem!

And if you’ve crossed the wilderness by well and palmy hod,

Pray heed the bells, the heavenly bells,

That call the folk to God.

“GERARDY.”

“GERARDY.”

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