Poem by Lucy Larcom

Tolling

Tolling, tolling, tolling!
  All the bells of the land!
Lo, the patriot martyr
  Taketh his journey grand!
Travels into the ages,
  Bearing a hope how dear!
Into life's unknown vistas,
  Liberty's great pioneer.

Tolling, tolling, tolling!
  See, they come as a cloud,
Hearts of a mighty people,
  Bearing his pall and shroud;
Lifting up, like a banner,
  Signals of loss and woe;
Wonder of breathless nations,
  Moveth the solemn show.

Tolling, tolling, tolling!
  Was it, O man beloved,
Was it thy funeral only
  Over the land that moved?

1. In Sorrow
2. Mistress Hale of Beverly
3. Climbing to Rest
4. “In Remembrance of Me“
5. Show Me Thy Way

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