LXIV

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LXIV

The morn is full of holiday: loud bells

With rival clamors ring from every spire;

Cunningly-station’d music dies and swells

In echoing places; when the winds respire,

Light flags stream out like gauzy tongues of fire;

A metropolitan murmur, lifeful, warm,

Comes from the northern suburbs; rich attire

Freckles with red and gold the moving swarm;

While here and there clear trumpets blow a keen alarm.