"Those evening bells." Thomas Moore (1779-1852). Descriptive Poems: II. Nature and Art. Bliss Carman, et al., eds. 1904. The World's Best Poetry. VII. Descriptive: Narrative

Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume VII. Descriptive: Narrative. 1904.

Descriptive Poems: II. Nature and Art

“Those evening bells”

Thomas Moore (1779–1852)


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!

Those joyous hours are passed away;	5
And many a heart that then was gay
Within the tomb now darkly dwells,
And hears no more those evening bells.

And so ’t will be when I am gone,—
That tuneful peal will still ring on;	10
While other bards shall walk these dells,
And sing your praise, sweet evening bells.