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$Title{Sketches, Old And New
A Couple Of Poems By Twain And Moore}
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bells
bills
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Title:       Sketches, Old And New
Book:        A Couple Of Poems By Twain And Moore
Author:      Twain, Mark
Date:        1893

A Couple Of Poems By Twain And Moore

Those Evening Bells

     By Thomas Moore.

     Those evening bells!  those evening bells!
     How many a tale their music tells
     Of youth, and home, and that sweet time
     When last I heard their soothing chime.

     Those joyous hours are passed away;
     And many a heart that then was gay,
     Within the tomb now darkly dwells,
     And hears no more those evening bells.

     And so 'twill be when I am gone -
     That tuneful peal will still ring on;
     While other bards shall walk these dells,
     And sing your praise, sweet evening bells.

Those Annual Bills

     By Mark Twain.

     These annual bills! these annual bills!
     How many a song their discord trills
     Of "truck" consumed, enjoyed, forgot,
     Since I was skinned by last years lot!

     Those joyous beans are passed away;
     Those onions blithe.  O where are they!
     Once loved, lost, mourned - now vexing ills
     Your shades troop back in annual bills!

     And so 'twill be when I'm aground -
     These yearly duns will still go round,
     While other bards, with frantic quills,
     Shall damn and damn these annual bills!