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A COUPLE OF POEMS BY TWAIN AND MOORE

Mark Twain

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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 year's 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!

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