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American Romanticism

How still the bells in steeples stand

by Emily Dickinson · 1830–1886

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How still the bells in steeples standEmily Dickinson
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How still the bells in steeples stand,

Till, swollen with the sky,

They leap upon their silver feet

In frantic melody!