BELLS.
How merrily, how cheerily
Ring out the Christmas chimes! Sweet on the listening ear they fall As a poet's tuneful rhymes. Ding, dong, bell! Their voices tell Of peace, goodwill to all! How mournfully, how dolefully
The passing bell doth toll ! Slow as the long-drawn, painful breath Of some -departing soul. Bell! Bell! Bell! The low, sad knell Chills like the touch of Death!
How hastily, how fearfully
The fire bell's harsh alarms Strike on the startled ear at night Like a sentinel's cry "To arms!" Fire! Fire! Fire! With xuin dire The heavens are burning bright!
How drearily, despairingly, The foj, bell's muffled tone Blends with the seaman's drowning cries, When none can help him — nonel Boom! Booib! Boom! Beneath the gloom Of the black and pitiless skies!
How rapturous, how rapturous The clash of wedding bells! Swift through the glowing summer ail; The maddening psean swells, Ding, dong, bell! Ding, dong, bell! Heaven bless the happy pair I
H. J. B.
March, 1900.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2403, 22 March 1900, Page 60
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166BELLS. Otago Witness, Issue 2403, 22 March 1900, Page 60
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