Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BELLS OF DUMBLETON, by NORMAN ROWLAND GALE Poet's Biography First Line: So frankly had the cowslips come Last Line: Friend! Subject(s): Bells; Religion; Self-doubt; Theology | ||||||||
SO frankly had the cowslips come To make the hill a bower, 'Twas hard in stepping not to tread To death a lovely flower. As deep I drank the sweetened air, And joyed to be alone, With broad and honest counsel rang The bells of Dumbleton. TrustinLove! LeanonChrist! CometoGod, Friend! The candid throats of Dumbleton, Alike in energy, Across the miles of meadowland Together called to me. Devoted long ago to Christ, They labour and beseech, Persuading by their mellowness As far as they can reach. TrustinLove! LeanonChrist! CometoGod, Friend! Methought that as I lingered there, Beside the green-grey fence, The stainless lips of Dumbleton Bemoaned my negligence; For louder still across the shire The belfry sounded clear A collect for my lazy heart And sleeping soul to hear. TrustinLove! LeanonChrist! CometoGod, Friend! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY THE COUNTRY FAITH by NORMAN ROWLAND GALE |
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