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