Poems (Hoffman)/Sabbath Bells
SABBATH BELLS
Chime on, ye bells, ye Sabbath bells, O'er hill and vale and sea;Cease not thy music 'till the world And nations cease to be!
Chime on, I love thy solemn sound That tells the story old;The story that in Heaven begun And now on earth is told!
O Sabbath day, serene and calm, Thou art by Heaven blest!Thou art an emblem, peaceful day, Of an eternal rest!
O day of rest, we will not cease To welcome in thy morn;Until for us in brighter worlds Eternal Sabbaths dawn!
'Till Heaven's glorious Sabbath bells Shall drown thy feeble ringing;Until the voices of this world Are lost in angels' singing.