Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, RING ON, LOVE BELLS, by LILLIAN HIEBERT


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RING ON, LOVE BELLS, by                    
First Line: Ring on, love bells, with notes so true
Last Line: Spotless, lily-white, the sacred vow to be sealed.
Subject(s): Bells; Singing & Singers; Songs


Ring on, love bells, with notes so true,
Airy peals, soul-touching and of rosy hue,
With harmony sent from heaven above
Chiming the chord of the golden chain of love.
Deep-souled, echoed on earth around
With its sacred silver-sweet sound,
While its tolls of love are heard between,
Knells of love, pure as spring in green --
Love with its golden keys
Opens happy thoughts as these.

Peal forth, Wedding bells!
Your sacred rites it tells
In its echoing triumphant chord,
Notes over which love is lord.
Sound the solemn nuptial blast!
On the wide world in symphony cast.
Love is hopeful -- Love is young,
With fond memories around us hung,
That will now and ever be sung
In every land and every tongue.

Sweet bells, your tolls of love have words
As tuneful as the notes of birds, --
Tuneful as the morning lark's melody rings
When dawning day spreads its wings,
Thoughts sweetened with dreamful ease,
Hopeful memories that dawn and please.
From the joyful peals skyward hung
Heralding forth the message sweetly rung --
Vibrant with joy, ring meadow and field,
Spotless, lily-white, the sacred vow to be sealed.





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