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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WEDDING BELLS, by ELIZA COOK Poet's Biography
First Line: Twilight shade is calmly falling
Last Line: Sweetly sound the wedding bells.
Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives
First Line: Twilight shade is calmly falling
Last Line: Sweetly sound the wedding bells.
Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives
Twilight shade is calmly falling
Round about the dew-robed flowers;
Philomel's lone song is calling
Lovers to their fairy bowers;
Echo, on the zephyrs gliding,
Bears a voice that seems to say,
"Ears and hearts, come, list my tiding,
This has been a wedding day."
Hark! the merry chimes are pealing,
Soft and glad the music swells;
Gaily on the night-wind stealing,
Sweetly sound the wedding bells.
Every simple breast rejoices;
Laughter rides upon the gale;
Happy hearts and happy voices
Dwell within the lowly vale.
Oh, how sweet, on zephyrs gliding,
Sound the bells that seem to say,
"Ears and hearts, come, list my tiding,
This has been a wedding day!"
Hark! the merry chimes are pealing,
Soft and glad the music swells;
Gaily on the night-wind stealing,
Sweetly sound the wedding bells.
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