“To all proclaim sweet liberty
Throughout the land—the land is free!”
In the tower let it cheerily swing,
And make the whole world hear it ring
“The tyrants knell, the knell, the knell,”
It is the Independence Bell.
At dawn of day, to break the spell
Of sleep, the watchman rings a bell.
The rough bell in the dusky tower,
With rude tongue calls the signal hour.