Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SALZBURG CHIMES, by HENRY ALFORD Poet's Biography First Line: Sweetly float o'er town and tower Last Line: Wake the slumbering salzburg chimes. Subject(s): Bells; Salsburg, Austria | ||||||||
SWEETLY float o'er town and tower Strains that mark the dawning hour; Soothing, as it glides along, Yon fair stream with tinkling song: Over vineyard, rock, and wood, And where ancient bastion stood, Heralds now of peaceful times, Sweetly float the Salzburg chimes. Once again, -- from this green hill Echo lets no leaf be still; Once again, -- the Salza's breast Gives the welling sounds no rest: Distant in the spreading plain Mount and tower take up the strain, Till in yonder Alpine climes Herdsmen catch the Salzburg chimes. Yet once again! the merry merry child Dances to the melody with gambols wild; Yet once more! the sentry stern Paces to the time at every turn: E'en the sick on painful bed Lifts in hope his weary head, And hoary elders bless the times When first they heard the Salzburg chimes. Yet once more! ere noonday rise, Part our steps for other skies; Yet once more! in memory's ear Still shall sound that music clear; And in England's homes of light, When the cheerful hearth is bright, Will we, in far distant climes, Wake the slumbering Salzburg chimes. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SPIRITUAL AND WELL-ORDERED MIND by HENRY ALFORD BEAUTY OF NATURE by HENRY ALFORD |
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