Illinois Verse/The College Chimes
The College Chimes
Across the campus, how many timesI've heard the music of the chimes! The voice of that old grey tower that sings Ever through my memory rings.
For football games it shouts aloud;In victory chants its paeans proud Demurely, it raises each Sabbath morn Its hymns, on prairie breezes borne.
The warning of its shaking bellsThe fleeting passage of time foretells, And students passing from college halls Give anxious heed to its constant calls.
Those clarion tones that sound so boldEach new class greet, ring out the old; And returning, they of many climes Receive their welcome from the chimes.