Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BELLS, by SAROJINI NAIDU Poet's Biography First Line: Anklet-bells! Frail anklet-bells! Last Line: And peace for suffering hearts that die! Subject(s): Bells; Death; Melodies; Praise; Prayer; Dead, The | ||||||||
Anklet-bells ANKLET-BELLS! frail anklet-bells! That hold Love's ancient mystery As hide the lips of limpid shells Faint tones of the remembered sea, You murmur of enchanted rites, Of sobbing breath and broken speech, Sweet anguish of rose-scented nights And wild mouths calling each to each Or mute with yearning ecstasy. Cattle-bells Cattle-bells! soft cattle-bells! What gracious memories you bring Of drowsy fields and dreaming wells, And weary labour's folded wing, Of frugal mirth round festal fires, Brief trysts that youth and beauty keep. Of flowering roofs and fragrant byres White heifers gathered in for sleep, Old songs the wandering women sing. Temple-bells Temple-bells! deep temple-bells! Whose urgent voices wreck the sky! In your importunate music dwells Man's sad and immemorial cry That cleaves the dawn with wings of praise, That cleaves the dark with wings of prayer, Craves pity for our mortal ways, Seeks solace for our life's despair, And peace for suffering hearts that die! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND A CHALLENGE TO FATE by SAROJINI NAIDU |
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