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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BELLS, by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: From far away! From far away | |||
From far way! from far away! But whence, you will not say: Melancholy bells, appealing chimes, From far away! from far away! Voices of lands and times! But whence, you will not say: Melancholy bells, appealing chimes, Voices of lands and times! Your toll, O melancholy bells! Your toll, O melancholy bells! Over the valley swells: Over the valley swells: O touching chimes! your dying sighs O touching chimes! your dying sighs Travel our tranquil skies. Travel our tranquil skies. But whence? And whither fade away Your echoes from our day? But whence? And whither fade away You take our hearts with gentle pain Your echoes from our day? Tremble, and pass again. You take our hearts with gentle pain, Could we lay hold upon your haunts, Tremble, and pass again. The birthplace of your chaunts: Were we in dreamland, deathland, then? We, sad and wondering men? Could we lay hold upon your haunts, The birthplace of your chaunts: Were we in dreamland, deathland, then? We, sad and wondering men? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CHURCH OF A DREAM; TO BERNHARD BERENSON by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON THE DARK ANGEL by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON A FRIEND by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON CELTIC SPEECH by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON ENTHUSIASTS by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON FRIENDS: 4 by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON HILL AND VALE by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON LOVE'S WAYS by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON MYSTIC AND CAVALIER by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON |
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