Forever

Forever

There's a joyous sound in the summer air
A wondrous ring
The cities and hamlets their gladness declare,
The hilltops sing.

The eagles' wings through the cloudless sky
With joy beat fast,
For this rapturous sound is no battle cry,
Nor bugle blast.

And how far reaching its wave-lengths are
Let ages tell,
For those glorious tones were sent afar
By Independence Bell.