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A BELL by CLINTON SCOLLARD

First Line: HAD I THE POWER / TO CAST A BELL
Last Line: THERE SHOULD BE JOY!
Subject(s): BELLS;
HAD I the power
To cast a bell that should from some grand tower,
At the first Christmas hour,
Outring,
And fling
A jubilant message wide,
The forged metals should be thus allied: -- No iron Pride,
But soft Humility, and rich-veined Hope
Cleft from a sunny slope;
And there should be
White Charity,
And silvery Love, that knows not Doubt nor Fear,
To make the peal more clear;
And then to firmly fix the fine alloy,
There should be Joy!



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