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The Bells, Ostend.

By William Lisle Bowles

Topics: classic

How sweet the tuneful bells' responsive peal!     As when, at opening morn, the fragrant breeze     Breathes on the trembling sense of pale disease,     So piercing to my heart their force I feel!     And hark! with lessening cadence now they fall!     And now, along the white and level tide,     They fling their melancholy music wide;     Bidding me many a tender thought recall     Of summer-days, and those delightful years     When from an ancient tower, in life's fair prime,     The mournful magic of their mingling chime     First waked my wondering childhood into tears!     But seeming now, when all those days are o'er,     The sounds of joy once heard, and heard no more.

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About William Lisle Bowles

William Lisle Bowles is a distinguished poet whose works have shaped the landscape of English literature. Their poetry explores the depths of human emotion, nature, love, and philosophical thought through powerful and evocative verse. Readers continue to find solace, inspiration, and beauty in their timeless words.

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