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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BELLS OF MOONLIGHT AND LEAF, by DHAN GOPAL MUKERJI Poet's Biography
First Line: The moonlight and the leaves, / bells, these
Last Line: Of the bells of moonlight and leaf.
Subject(s): Death; Silence; Dead, The
First Line: The moonlight and the leaves, / bells, these
Last Line: Of the bells of moonlight and leaf.
Subject(s): Death; Silence; Dead, The
The moonlight and the leaves,
Bells, these,
With tongues of silence;
Chiming in silver, violet and green;
Ringing, rising, then falling on
The ground,
Set to weaving shadow-sounds
With the dark threads of sleep.
Like liquid gems pouring to a measure
Of perfume,
With shades of lavender tunes;
A dream-music of soundless sounds.
More than silence and sleep,
This bell melody
Of light, of air, and leaf,
Played by moon-bedimmed stars;
As corals in the deeps of a sea
Making
Pearl-harmonies with emerald tones,
To the cadence of an Eternal Dream.
Ah! more than Eternal Dream,
This moment,
A silver, silent tintinnabulation
Of the bells of moonlight and leaf.
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