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IV 



OBSERVATIONS ON BAKEWRLI.. 



Mankind like us too oft are found 



Possessed of nought but empty sound ■■■ 5 3^6 



VI. 



When of departed hours we toll the knell 

 Instruction take and spend the future well 



When men in Hymens Viands unite 

 Our merry peals produce delight 

 But when death goes his dreary rounds 

 We send forth sad and solemn sounds 



Thro Grandsires and Trebles with pleasure men 



range 

 Till death calls the Bob and brings on the last 



change 



When Victory crowns the Public weal 

 With glee we give the merry peal ... 



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VII. Would men like us join and agree 



They'd live in tuneful harmony .•• ... 12 



VIII. Possessed of deep sonorous tone 



This Belfry King sits on his throne 



And when the merry bells go round 



Adds to and mellows every sound 



So in a just and well poised State 



Where all degrees possess due weight 



One greater power one greater tone 



Is needed to improve their own. 



Rich"* Chapman A.B. Vicar 

 Matthew Strutt ) Churchwardens 

 George Heathcote ) 

 Thomas Mears & Co fecit London ... i! 



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On the opening of the bells on the 26«^ of Feby 1797, there 

 was a dinner at the White Horse Inn where the Gentlemen met 



