. The liberty bell. Oer the mountain and tide its magnificent fold,: With a terrible glitter of azure and gold, In the storm and the sunshine forever blazed in the valley; it blazed on the mast;It flew like a comrade abroad with the blast;And the eyes of whole nations were turned to its light;And the hearts of the multitude soonWere swayed by its stars as they shone through the night,Like an ocean when swayed by the moon. Again through the midnight that bell thunders out; And banners and torches are hurried about. A shout as of waters, a long-uttered cry ! How it leaps, how it leap
. The liberty bell. Oer the mountain and tide its magnificent fold,: With a terrible glitter of azure and gold, In the storm and the sunshine forever blazed in the valley; it blazed on the mast;It flew like a comrade abroad with the blast;And the eyes of whole nations were turned to its light;And the hearts of the multitude soonWere swayed by its stars as they shone through the night,Like an ocean when swayed by the moon. Again through the midnight that bell thunders out; And banners and torches are hurried about. A shout as of waters, a long-uttered cry ! How it leaps, how it leaps from the earth to the sky ! From the sky to the earth, from the earth to the sea, Hear the chorus re-echoed, The people are free! THE LIBERTY That old bell is still seen by the patriots eye, And he blesses it ever when journeying by: Long years have passed over it, and yet every soul Must thrill in the night to its deep, solemn roll; For it speaks in its belfry when kissed by the blast, Like a broad blessing breathed from the lips of the Past. Long years will roll oer it, and yet every chime Must unceasingly tell of an era sublime, And more splendid, more dear than the rest of all Time. Oh, yes! if the flame on our altars should pale,Let its voice but be heard, and the freeman will start To rekindle the fire, while he sees on the galeAll the stars, all the stripes of the flag of his heart.
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