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In the ancient town of Bruges, / In the quaint old Flemish city, / As the evening shades descended, / Low and loud and sweetly blended, / Low at times and loud at times, / And changing like a poet's rhymes, / Rang the beautiful wild chimes / From the Belfry in the market / Of the ancient town of Bruges.
Then, with deep sonorous clangor / Calmly answering their sweet anger, / When the wrangling bells had ended, / Slowly struck the clock eleven, / And, from out the silent heaven, / Silence on the town descended. / Silence, silence everywhere, / On the earth and in the air, / Save that footsteps here and there / Of some burgher home returning, / By the street lamps faintly burning, / For a moment woke the echoes / Of the ancient town of Bruges.