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Show THE ANGELUS BELL. 1 BY REV. WILLIAM D. KELLY. The day oer the hill-tops is breaking, The star-light has gone from the sky. All Nature from rest is awaking, . Tho morning lark carols on high: And hark, from yon convent tower ringing, ring-ing, The notes of the Angelus bell Peal forth, while In unison singing, Sweet voices the antiphon swell: Ave Maria! from sin's luring way, Guard and protect us, thy children, today. The sun to the zenith ascending, Tho busy world ceases its toil, Tho turmoil of labor Is ending, The ploughshare is left in the soil: And, list, on the stilly air pealing, The sounds of the Angelus bell, With words of the anthem come stealing, On each wind that blows from the dell. Ave Maria! we pause and repeat Praises-to thee, who with grace art replete. re-plete. The shadows lie deep on the mountain, The darkness descends on the vale. The dew-drops are kissing the fountain,;: And hushed is the soft even gale; Again from yon convent tower sounding Rings out the last Angelus bell. And valley and hill-top surrounding Re-echo the silvery knell; Sancta Maria! from sorrows and sins. Keep us, thy children, till morning begins. |