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DUMB-BELLS; A GYMNASIUM SONG, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Dumb-bells, silent though ye be
Last Line: Ring the bells of health for me!
Subject(s): Activity; Exercise


Dumb-bells, silent though ye be,
Ring the bells of health for me!
Summon strength to muscles weak,
Call the roses to my cheek;
Ring the languid bearing out,
And ring in a carriage stout;
Where the hidden frailties lie,
Sound alarm and bid them fly;
Feeble voice and shortened breath, --
Toll their unlamented death;
Ring the happy marriage hour
Wedding Comeliness to Power;
Sweeping free, and wide, and strong,
Carol forth my matin song;
On your sides be written this:
Work is health and Health is bliss;
Dumb-bells, silent though ye be,
Ring the bells of health for me!





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