THE BELLS
by Edgar Allen Poe
I.
HEAR the sledges with the bells?
Silver bells!
What a world of merriment their melody foretells!
How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,
In the icy air of night!
While the stars that oversprinkle
All the heavens, seem to twinkle
With a crystalline delight;
Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells
From the bells, bells, bells, bells,
Bells, bells, bells?
From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.
II.
Hear the mellow wedding-bells
Golden bells!
What a world of happiness their harmony foretells!
Through the balmy air of night
How they ring out their delight!?
From the molten-golden notes,
And all in tune,
What a liquid ditty floats
To the turtle-dove that listens, while she gloats
On the moon!
Oh, from out the sounding cells,
What a gush of euphony voluminously wells!
How it swells!
How it dwells
On the Future!?how it tells
Of the rapture that impels
To the swinging and the ringing
Of the bells, bells, bells?
Of the bells, bells, bells, bells,
Bells, bells, bells?
To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells!
III.
Hear the loud alarum bells?
Brazen bells!
What tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells!
In the startled ear of night
How they scream out their affright!
Too much horrified to speak,
They can only shriek, shriek,
Out of tune,
In a clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire,
In a mad expostulation with the deaf and frantic fire,
Leaping higher, higher, higher,
With a desperate desire,
And a resolute endeavor
Now?now to sit, or never,
By the side of the pale-faced moon.
Oh, the bells, bells, bells!
What a tale their terror tells
Of Despair!
How they clang, and clash, and roar!
What a horror they outpour
On the bosom of the palpitating air!
Yet the ear, it fully knows,
By the twanging
And the clanging,
How the danger ebbs and flows;
Yet, the ear distinctly tells,
In the jangling
And the wrangling,
How the danger sinks and swells,
By the sinking or the swelling in the anger of the bells?
Of the bells?
Of the bells, bells, bells, bells,
Bells, bells, bells?
In the clamour and the clangour of the bells!
IV.
Hear the tolling of the bells?
Iron bells!
What a world of solemn thought their monody compels!
In the silence of the night,
How we shiver with affright
At the melancholy meaning of their tone!
For every sound that floats
From the rust within their throats
Is a groan.
And the people?ah, the people?
They that dwell up in the steeple,
All alone,
And who, tolling, tolling, tolling,
In that muffled monotone,
Feel a glory in so rolling
On the human heart a stone?
They are neither man nor woman?
They are neither brute nor human?
They are Ghouls:?
And their king it is who tolls:?
And he rolls, rolls, rolls, rolls,
Rolls
A p?an from the bells!
And his merry bosom swells
With the p?an of the bells!
And he dances, and he yells;
Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the p?an of the bells?
Of the bells:?
Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the throbbing of the bells?
Of the bells, bells, bells?
To the sobbing of the bells:?
Keeping time, time, time,
As he knells, knells, knells,
In a happy Runic rhyme,
To the rolling of the bells?
Of the bells, bells, bells:?
To the tolling of the bells?
Of the bells, bells, bells, bells,
Bells, bells, bells?
To the moaning and the groaning of the bells.
zoritoler imol says
I am glad to be a visitant of this double dyed website! , thanks for this rare info ! .
employment Immigration lawyer New york says
Very interesting info !Perfect just what I was looking for! “The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed.” by Sbastien-Roch Nicolas de Chamfort.
web design cardiff/london says
With havin so much written content do you ever run into any problems of plagorism or copyright infringement? My blog has a lot of completely unique content I’ve either authored myself or outsourced but it seems a lot of it is popping it up all over the web without my permission. Do you know any techniques to help protect against content from being ripped off? I’d genuinely appreciate it.
rateio adspy says
Nice weblog right here! Also your website a lot up fast! What host are you using? Can I am getting your affiliate hyperlink for your host? I desire my web site loaded up as fast as yours lol
fitspresso says
FitSpresso stands out as a leading weight loss product currently dominating the market. This potent supplement asserts its ability to facilitate healthy weight loss naturally, free from any adverse side effects. Its formulation incorporates clinically studied ingredients that synergistically contribute to promoting natural fat burning, elevating metabolism, and sustaining enduring weight loss.
SEO agency in Reading says
This web site is really a walk-through for all of the info you wanted about this and didn’t know who to ask. Glimpse here, and you’ll definitely discover it.
Micheal Duncomb says
Some truly nice and utilitarian information on this website , too I believe the style and design has great features.
Loreen Wajda says
WONDERFUL Post.thanks for share..extra wait .. …
发自我的手机 says
I don’t normally comment but I gotta say appreciate it for the post on this one : D.