INDEPENDENCE BELL: INDIANAPOLIS, NOVEMBER 17, 1904 THOUGH now forever still Your voice of jubilee -- We hear -- we hear, and ever will, The Bell of Liberty! Clear as the voice to them In that far night agone Pealed from the heavens o'er Bethlehem, The voice of Peace peals on! Stir all your memories up, O Independence Bell, And pour from your inverted cup The song we love so well! As you rang in the dawn Of Freedom -- tolled the knell Of Tyranny, -- ring on -- ring on -- O Independence Bell! Ring numb the wounds of wrong Unhealed in brain and breast; With music like a slumber-song Lull tearful eyes to rest. -- Ring! Independence Bell! Ring on till worlds to be Shall listen to the tale you tell Of Love and Liberty! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 39 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE HOUSEKEEPER by CHARLES LAMB THE ARROW AND THE SONG by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW TO RICH GIVERS by WALT WHITMAN AN AUTUMN NIGHT by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS MASKS OF DEATH by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN LINES SUGGESTED BY THE FOURTEENTH OF FEBRUARY (1) by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY |