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Said Ding, Dong, and Dell, “Listen to the bell!” Now it was not bell, but bells, For the bells that rang were many,-- Bells upon bells; You shall have a silver penny, Or almost anything else, If you can count the bells That are ringing. And what for?-- Ding, Dong, and Dell Will explain every bell, That is to say, the bells, Neither less nor more Than the meaning of the Bells.