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What say the Bells of San Blas	A
To the ships that southward pass	B
From the harbor of Mazatlan	C
To them it is nothing more	D
Than the sound of surf on the shore	D
Nothing more to master or man	C
	-
But to me a dreamer of dreams	E
To whom what is and what seems	E
Are often one and the same	F
The Bells of San Blas to me	G
Have a strange wild melody	G
And are something more than a name	F
	-
For bells are the voice of the church	H
They have tones that touch and search	H
The hearts of young and old	I
One sound to all yet each	J
Lends a meaning to their speech	J
And the meaning is manifold	I
	-
They are a voice of the Past	K
Of an age that is fading fast	K
Of a power austere and grand	L
When the flag of Spain unfurled	M
Its folds o'er this western world	M
And the Priest was lord of the land	L
	-
The chapel that once looked down	C
On the little seaport town	C
Has crumbled into the dust	N
And on oaken beams below	O
The bells swing to and fro	O
And are green with mould and rust	N
	-
'Is then the old faith dead '	-
They say 'and in its stead	P
Is some new faith proclaimed	Q
That we are forced to remain	C
Naked to sun and rain	C
Unsheltered and ashamed	Q
	-
'Once in our tower aloof	R
We rang over wall and roof	R
Our warnings and our complaints	S
And round about us there	T
The white doves filled the air	T
Like the white souls of the saints	S
	-
'The saints Ah have they grown	C
Forgetful of their own	C
Are they asleep or dead	P
That open to the sky	U
Their ruined Missions lie	U
No longer tenanted	P
	-
'Oh bring us back once more	D
The vanished days of yore	D
When the world with faith was filled	P
Bring back the fervid zeal	V
The hearts of fire and steel	V
The hands that believe and build	P
	-
'Then from our tower again	C
We will send over land and main	C
Our voices of command	P
Like exiled kings who return	C
To their thrones and the people learn	C
That the Priest is lord of the land '	-
	-
O Bells of San Blas in vain	C
Ye call back the Past again	C
The Past is deaf to your prayer	T
Out of the shadows of night	P
The world rolls into light	P
It is daybreak everywhere	T

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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