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The Temple Bell was out of tune	A
That once out melodied sun and moon	A
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Instead of calling folk to prayer	B
It spread an evil in the air	B
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Instead of a song from north to south	C
It put a lie in the wind's mouth	C
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The very palms beneath it died	D
So harsh it jarred so loud it lied	D
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Then the gods told the blue robed bonze	E
Your Bell is only wrought of bronze	E
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Lower it down cast it again	F
Or you shall shake the heavens in vain	G
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Then as the mighty cauldron hissed	H
Men brought the wealth that no man missed	H
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Yea they brought silver they brought gold	I
And melted them into the seething mould	I
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The miser brought his greening hoard	J
And the king cast in his sword	J
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Yet when the Bell in the Temple swung	K
It jarred the stars with its harsh tongue	K
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Is this your best the oracle said	L
Then were you better drunk or dead	L
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Once again they melted it down	M
And the king cast in his crown	M
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Then they poured wine and bullock's blood	N
Into the hot grey seething flood	N
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They gave it mellowing fruits to eat	O
And honey combs to make it sweet	O
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Yet when they hauled it to the sky	P
The Bell was one star shattering lie	P
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So for the third time and the last	Q
They lowered it down to be re cast	Q
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The white hot metal seethed anew	R
And the crowd shrank as the heat grew	R
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But a white robed woman queenly and tall	S
Pressed to the brink before them all	S
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One breast like a golden fruit lay bare	B
She held her small son feeding there	B
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She plucked him off she lifted him high	P
Like rose red fruit on the blue sky	P
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She pressed her lips to the budded feet	O
And murmured softly Oh sweet my sweet	O
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She whispered Gods that my land may live	T
I give the best that I have to give	U
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Then then before the throng awoke	V
Before one cry from their white lips broke	V
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She tossed him into the fiery flood	N
Her child her baby her flesh and blood	N
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And the crisp hissing waves closed round	W
And melted him through without a sound	W
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Too quick for pain they heard her say	E
And she sobbed once and she turned away	E
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The Temple Bell in peace and war	X
Keeps the measure of sun and star	Y
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But sometimes in the night it cries	E
Faintly and a voice replies	E
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Mother Oh mother the Bell rings true	R
You were all that I had Oh mother my mother	Z
With the land and the Bell it is well Is it well	A2
Is it well with the heart that had you and none other	Z

Alfred Noyes

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