Title: Chimes (Op. 54 No. 2)
Music: Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867-1972)
Text: Alice Meynell (1847-1922)
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- Scanned at the University of Rochester
- Key: PDF available in E Major
- Range: E4 – F♯5
Mp3:
MIDI:
Brief, on a flying night,
From the shaken tower,
A flock of bells take flight,
And go with the hour.Like birds from the cote to the gales,
Abrupt_ O hark!
A fleet of bells set sails,
And go to the dark.Sudden the cold airs swing.
Alone, aloud,
A verse of bells takes wing
And flies with the cloud.
