Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A PARABLE FROM LIEBIG, by CHARLES KINGSLEY Poet's Biography First Line: The church bells were ringing, the devil sat singing Last Line: "and the world is too live yet for thee." | ||||||||
THE church bells were ringing, the devil sat singing On the stump of a rotting old tree; "Oh faith it grows cold, and the creeds they grow old, And the world is nigh ready for me." The bells went on ringing, a spirit came singing, And smiled as he crumbled the tree; "Yon wood does but perish new seedlings to cherish, And the world is too live yet for thee." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A ROUGH RHYME ON A ROUGH MATTER; THE ENGLISH GAME LAWS by CHARLES KINGSLEY AIRLY BEACON by CHARLES KINGSLEY DOLCINO TO MARGARET by CHARLES KINGSLEY THE INVITATION (TO TOM HUGHES) by CHARLES KINGSLEY THE LAST BUCCANEER by CHARLES KINGSLEY THE SANDS OF DEE by CHARLES KINGSLEY THE THREE FISHERS by CHARLES KINGSLEY A NEW FOREST BALLAD by CHARLES KINGSLEY |
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