The Bells of Heaven

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The Bells of Heaven

'TWOULD ring the bells of Heaven

The wildest peal for years,

If Parson lost his senses

And people came to theirs,

And he and they together

Knelt down with angry prayers

For tamed and shabby tigers

And dancing dogs and bears,

And wretched, blind pit ponies,

And little hunted hares.

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The Bells of Heaven
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<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">The Bells of Heaven</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">'TWOULD ring the bells of Heaven</p><p class="line">The wildest peal for years,</p><p class="line">If Parson lost his senses</p><p class="line">And people came to theirs,</p><p class="line">And he and they together</p><p class="line">Knelt down with angry prayers</p><p class="line">For tamed and shabby tigers</p><p class="line">And dancing dogs and bears,</p><p class="line">And wretched, blind pit ponies,</p><p class="line">And little hunted hares.</p></div></body></html>