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 Made the bells of Shandon Sound far more grand on The pleasant waters Of the River Lee.

I've heard bells tolling Old Adrian's Mole in, Their thunder rolling From the Vatican, And cymbals glorious Swinging uproarious In the gorgeous turrets Of Notre Dame; But thy sounds were sweeter Than the dome of Peter Flings o'er the Tiber, Pealing solemnly— O, the bells of Shandon Sound far more grand on The pleasant waters Of the River Lee.

There's a bell in Moscow, While on tower and kiosk O! In Saint Sophia The Turkman gets, And loud in air Calls men to prayer From the tapering summits Of tall minarets. Such empty phantom I freely grant them; But there's an anthem More dear to me,—