Oh, welcome and well-beloved bell!
Thou comest to greet us with loving hands!
Thou comest to bind us with loving bands!
When hearts are weak and our fears oppress,
Thou comest to cheer, thou comest to bless!
VI.
When the time shall come, as come it must,
And we shall crumble away in dust,
Thy voice shall ring on and on, for aye,
As it peals out on the air today!