Those joyous hours are past away ; And many a heart, that then was gay, Within the tomb now darkly dwells, And hears no more those evening bells. And so 'twill be when I am gone ; That tuneful peal will still ring on, While... Poems of Thomas Hood - Page 220by Thomas Hood - 1897 - 415 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1831 - 492 pages
...only modern song which she thought equal in sweetness and pathos to the songsof her childhood — " Those evening bells ! those evening bells, How many a tale their music tells Of youth and home, and that sweet time When first I heard their evening chime." And whilst she still listened,... | |
| English literature - 1818 - 596 pages
...darkest days will be Greenness, and beauty, aud strength to thee. B. B, FROM MOORE'S NATIONAL MELODIES. Those evening bells, those evening bells, How many a tale their music tells, Of youth and home, and that sweet time Since last I heard their soothing chime. Those joyous hours are... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1823 - 314 pages
...tomorrow Would bring back the bless'd hour of meeting again. An.— The Bells of St. Petersburgh. I. THOSE evening bells ! those evening bells ! How many a tale their music tells, Of youth, and home, and that sweet time, When last I heard their soothing- chime ! II. Those joyous hours... | |
| George Wentworth - English poetry - 1824 - 378 pages
...fragrance of the bower, And think the rose by far more sweet If beauty pluck the flower. THE VILLAGE BELLS. Those evening bells — those evening bells, How many a tale their music tells Of love and hope, and that sweet time When last I heard their tuneful chime. Those happy hours have past... | |
| Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1824 - 476 pages
...Know that William the Conqueror reigned before Richard the Third.'' THE VILLAGE BELLS. — A SKETCH. Those evening bells — those evening bells, . How many a tale their music tells Of love and hope, and that sweet time When last I beard their tuneful chime. Those happy hours have past... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1827 - 426 pages
...back the blest hour of meeting açain. THOSE EVENING BELLS. Am— Die Bells of St Pttersburgh. TnoSE evening bells! those evening bells! How many a tale their music tells, Of youth, and home, and that sweet time, When last I heard their soothing chime ! Those joyous hours are... | |
| English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...know not why I could not die, I had no earthly hope — but faith, And that forbade a selfish death. EVENING BELLS. Those evening bells, those evening bells, How many a tale their music tells Of youth, and home, and that sweet time, When first I heard their soothing chime. These joyous hours are... | |
| Montgomery Robert Bartlett - Education - 1828 - 426 pages
...They are bursting fresh fr»m their sparry caves And the earth resounds with the joy «f waves THE EVENING BELLS. Those evening bells those evening bells How many a tale their music tells Of youth and home and native clime When I last heard their soothing chime Those pleasant hours have passed... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1828 - 232 pages
...back theblest hour of meeting again. THOSE EVENING BELLS. AIR,— The Bells of St. Pctersburgh. I. THOSE evening bells ! those evening bells ! How many a tale their music tells, Of youth, and home, and that sweet time, When last I heard their soothing chime ! II. Those joyous hours... | |
| Theodore Edward Hook - 1828 - 342 pages
...Fuggleston, " don't let us keep him — come, Sir — come." And so, they went to dinner. CHAPTER V. Those evening bells, those evening bells, How many a tale their music tells. • * * • * And so 'twill be when I am gone, That tuneful peal will still ring on. THOMAS MOORK.... | |
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