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Lyrics of Love and Laughter

The golden bells are ringing across the distant hill,
Their merry peals come to me soft and clear,
But in my heart's deep chapel all incense-filled and still
A sweeter bell is sounding for thee, dear.

The bell of love invites thee to come and seek the shrine
Whose altar is erected unto thee,
The offerings, the sacrifice, the prayers, the chants are thine,
And I, my love, thy humble priest will be.

ON A CLEAN BOOK.

TO F. N.

LIKE sea-washed sand upon the shore, 
So fine and clean the tale,
So clear and bright I almost see,
The flashing of a sail.
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