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<p><span word="Dear">Dear</span> <span word="Bessie">Bessie</span>, <span word="would">would</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="tired">tired</span> <span word="rhyme">rhyme</span></p><p><span word="Had">Had</span> <span word="force">force</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="rise">rise</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="apathy">apathy</span>,</p><p><span word="And">And</span> <span word="shaking">shaking</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="lethargy">lethargy</span></p><p><span word="Ring">Ring</span> <span word="word">word</span>-<span word="tones">tones</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Christmas">Christmas</span> <span word="chime">chime</span>.</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="souls">souls</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="belfry">belfry</span>, <span word="chill">chill</span></p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="bitter">bitter</span> <span word="wind">wind</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="doubt">doubt</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="blown">blown</span>,</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="summer">summer</span> <span word="swallows">swallows</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="flown">flown</span>,</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="bells">bells</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="frost">frost</span>-<span word="bound">bound</span>, <span word="mute">mute</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="still">still</span>.</p><p><span word="Upon">Upon</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="crumbling">crumbling</span> <span word="boards">boards</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="snow">snow</span></p><p><span word="Has">Has</span> <span word="drifted">drifted</span> <span word="deep">deep</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="clappers">clappers</span> <span word="hang">hang</span></p><p><span word="Prismed">Prismed</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="icicles">icicles</span>, <span word="their">their</span> <span word="clang">clang</span></p><p><span word="Unheard">Unheard</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="ages">ages</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="rope">rope</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="pull">pull</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="stiff">stiff</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="cold">cold</span>,</p><p><span word="My">My</span> <span word="straining">straining</span> <span word="ears">ears</span> <span word="detect">detect</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="sound">sound</span></p><p><span word="Except">Except</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sigh">sigh</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="round">round</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="round">round</span></p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="wind">wind</span> <span word="rocks">rocks</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="timbers">timbers</span> <span word="old">old</span>.</p><p><span word="Below">Below</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="church">church</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="bright">bright</span></p><p><span word="With">With</span> <span word="haloed">haloed</span> <span word="tapers">tapers</span>, <span word="warm">warm</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="prayer">prayer</span>;</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="here">here</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="feel">feel</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="air">air</span></p><p><span word="Of">Of</span> <span word="icy">icy</span> <span word="centuries">centuries</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="night">night</span>.</p><p><span word="Beneath">Beneath</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="feet">feet</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="snow">snow</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="lit">lit</span></p><p><span word="And">And</span> <span word="gemmed">gemmed</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="colours">colours</span>, <span word="red">red</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="blue">blue</span>,</p><p><span word="Topaz">Topaz</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="green">green</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="light">light</span> <span word="falls">falls</span> <span word="through">through</span></p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="saints">saints</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="windows">windows</span> <span word="sit">sit</span>.</p><p><span word="Here">Here</span> <span word="darkness">darkness</span> <span word="seems">seems</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="spectred">spectred</span> <span word="thing">thing</span>,</p><p><span word="Voiceless">Voiceless</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="haunting">haunting</span>, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="stars">stars</span></p><p><span word="Mock">Mock</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="light">light</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="dead">dead</span> <span word="years">years</span></p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="ache">ache</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="present">present</span> <span word="suffering">suffering</span>.</p>
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