For Whom the Bell Tolls (The Story of Bell Greve)
11/16/44


For whom does the Bell toll? The lame and the halt -
The paralyzed children of men;
The twisted, distorted, the helpless of earth -
She helps them walk bravely again.


The Bell tolls the death-knell of Cancer before
His insidious work is begun, -
She sends forth a warning - and germs of disease
Fall in battle, completely outdone.


The Bell sounds a Victory note down the ranks:
A new triumph, A cure, Folks believe
In the Bell that tolls merrily, hopefully, true
The heart-lifting song of Bell Greve.


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