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...heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the village bell When the evening sun is low. And children coming home from school Look...He hears the parson pray and preach , He hears his daughter's voice Singing in the village choir, And it makes his heart rejoice : — It sounds to him...