Full Lyrics
Hark! the evening bells are ringing!
Chords of mellowed music stray,
O’er the hills and vales and meadows,
At the closing of the day!
Rising, falling, as the breezes
Waft them from the ivied tower,
Sweet, O sweet to hear their cadence
In the tranquil twilight hour!
Ring! ring on, ye evening bells,
Nor till nightclouds gather cease;
Some mystic charm within ye dwells,
That brings a sense of calm and peace!
Hark! the evening bells are ringing
As the reaper homeward wends,
And the sound of gladsome voices
With their dulcet music bends!
Ah! their magic soothes the weary,
Chases earthborn cares away,
As of peace they bear the message
At the closing of the day!
Ring! ring on, ye evening bells,
Nor till the nightclouds gather cease;
Some mystic charm within ye dwells,
That brings a sense of calm and peace!
