The Nine Original Bells
- Title:
- The Nine Original Bells
- Collection:
- Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- 1868
- Acquisition Date:
- 1868
- Location:
- Entrance, McGraw Tower, Cornell University
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- artsdb_0699
- Accession Number:
- W84-141.1
- File Name:
- artsdb_0699.jpg
- Work Type:
- plaques (flat objects)
- Subject:
- Fiske, Jennie McGraw, 1840-1881
McGraw Tower (Cornell University) - Image View Type:
- General
- Image View Description:
- Front View
- Description:
- Bells. "The nine original bells bear the following inscriptions: 1st. Ring out the old, ring in the new. Ring out the false, ring in the true. 2nd. Ring out the grief that saps the mind. Ring in redress to all mankind. 3rd. Ring out a slowly dying cause. And ancient forms of party strife. 4th. Ring in the nobler forms of life With sweeter manners, purer laws. 5th. Ring out false pride in place and blood. Ring in the common love of good. 6th. Ring out the slander and the spite Ring in the love of truth and right. 7th. Ring out the narrowing lust for gold, Ring out the thousand wars of old. 8th. Ring out old shapes of foul disease, Ring in the thousand years of peace. 9th. Ring in the valiant men and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand. Ring out the darkness of the land, Ring in the Christ that is to be. From Chant CVI, In Memoriam, Tennyson. These nine bells given by Jennie McGraw in 1868." Inscription, entrance to McGraw Tower.
- Repository:
- Cornell University
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia Collection is protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are Cornell University Library and the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus. This collection was created by Cornell University Library in 2010, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Howard Howland. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus at cape@cornell.edu for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.