Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BELGIAN BELLS, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography First Line: Toll the bells for belgium, toll, toll, toll! Last Line: Peal the bells for belgium, peal, peal, peal! Subject(s): Belgium; Bells; World War I; First World War | ||||||||
Toll the bells for Belgium, toll, toll, toll! Land of hunger, poverty, tears and death and dole, Land of awful agony, body, mind, and soul, Toll the bells for Belgium, toll, toll, toll! Peal the bells for Belgium, peal, peal, peal! Land of life triumphant, spirits true as steel! Land of blessed victory, glory, joy, and weal! Peal the bells for Belgium, peal, peal, peal! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...D'ANNUNZIO by ERNEST HEMINGWAY 1915: THE TRENCHES by CONRAD AIKEN TO OUR PRESIDENT by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE HORSES by KATHARINE LEE BATES CHILDREN OF THE WAR by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE U-BOAT CREWS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE RED CROSS NURSE by KATHARINE LEE BATES WAR PROFITS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE UNCHANGEABLE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN A BATTLE SONG (WRITTEN IN THE WORLD WAR) by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS |
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