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clangour US, clangor [ˈklæŋgə ˈklæŋə] n 1. a loud resonant often-repeated noise 2. an uproar vb
(intr) to make or produce a loud resonant noise [from Latin clangor a noise, from clangere to clang] clangorous adj clangorously adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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Yet the ear, it fully knows, By the twanging And the clanging, How the danger ebbs and flows; Yet, the ear distinctly tells, In the jangling And the wrangling, How the danger sinks and swells, By the sinking or the swelling in the anger of the bells - Of the bells - Of the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells - In the clamour and the clangour of the bells! At this the challenger with fierce defy His trumpet sounds; the challenged makes reply: With clangour rings the field, resounds the vaulted sky. And then, amid the clangour of the machinery, came a drifting suspicion of human voices, that I entertained at first only to dismiss. |
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