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THE MUSCOVITE'S SONG by WILLIAM WATSON

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First Line: TOLL, THOU MIGHTY MOSCOW BELL
Last Line: TOLL THE DAWN, O MOSCOW BELL.
Subject(s): BELLS; MOSCOW; SINGING & SINGERS;

TOLL, thou mighty Moscow Bell;
Mighty news to nations tell.
Old things perish -- toll their knell.
Toll, thou mighty Kremlin Bell.

Toll, thou far-resounding Bell.
Toll the captive from his cell.
Toll for them that faithful fell.
Toll, thou mighty Moscow Bell.

Toll, thou hollow-booming Bell.
Strong is Wrong, and 'stablisht well.
Stubborn are the forts of Hell:
Toll their fall, thou thunderous Bell.

Toll with vast and billowy swell,
Toll, thou mighty Kremlin Bell.
Long do men in darkness dwell:
Toll the Dawn, O Moscow Bell.



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