Mira danced with ankle-bells on her feet
People said Mira was mad; my mother-in-law said I ruined the family reputation
Rana sent me a cup of poison and Mira drank it laughing
I dedicated my body and soul at the feet of Hari
I heard the bells on Christmas
Their old familiar carols play,
And wild and
The words
The Viennese authorities have melted down the great bell in St
Stephen's to supply metal for guns or muntions
Every poor village has made a similar gift
—Lokal Anzeiger
With shimmer of steel and blare of brass,
And Switzers marching with martial stride,
And cavaliers trampling brown the grass,
Came bow—legged Charles through the Apennine pass,
Come,
Death,
I'd have a word with thee;
And thou, poor Innocency;
And this is the way they ringthe bells in Bedlamand this is the bell-ladywho comes each Tuesday morning to give us a music lessonand because the attendants make you goand because we mind by instinct,like bees caught in the wrong hive,we are the ci...
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light;
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die
Walking from school is a consummate art:
Which route to follow to avoid the gangs,
Which paths to find that lead, circuitous,
To leafy squirrel haunts and plopping ponds,
Ring out your bells, let mourning shows be spread; For Love is dead— All love is dead, infected With plague of deep disdain; Worth, as nought worth, rejected, And Faith fair scorn doth gain
From so ungrateful fancy, From such a female franzy,...