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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BELLS, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY Poet's Biography
First Line: I hear the bells ring every day
Last Line: Is glad to have them there.
Subject(s): Bells; Churches; Public Worship; Sabbath; Cathedrals; Church Attendance; Sunday
First Line: I hear the bells ring every day
Last Line: Is glad to have them there.
Subject(s): Bells; Churches; Public Worship; Sabbath; Cathedrals; Church Attendance; Sunday
I HEAR the bells ring every day,
With voices large and round,
But when they ring on Sunday
They have a Sunday-sound.
Nobody seems to know just why—
I think perhaps the air,
So full of shining emptiness,
Is glad to have them there.
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