Hear the sledges with the 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.
The Bells
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(Some of the graphics came from pixabay.com and others have been in my collection for a long time.
Thanks for the reminder. How I wish our night air WAS icy at this time of year. Happy Christmas.
ReplyDeleteYou are very welcome Sue :) I always wondered what it would be like to have a warm, sunny Christmas :) Happy Christmas to you too!
DeleteBeautiful poetry and images. Lovely to enjoy browsing through
ReplyDeleteI am happy you enjoyed them Roentare :) thank you!
DeleteBeautiful. Love that first picture with the bells.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ann, it's a beauty isn't it? :)
DeleteSuper post
ReplyDeleteHello Rajani Rehana, thank you! :)
DeleteBeautiful imagery.
ReplyDeleteThank you William :) How are you today?
DeleteVery beautiful :-)))
ReplyDeleteThank you.
Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones.
Hugs from Viola
Hello Viola :) You are very welcome and thank you so much for your Christmas greetings. I wish you and your loved ones the same.
DeleteLove Poe!!
ReplyDeleteGreat graphics!!!
Me too and I am glad I found this poem. Thank you Anni :)
Deleteso beautiful, perfect for this time of year!! poe, an awesome poet!!
ReplyDeleteHe certainly is and thank you Debbie :)
DeleteMerry Christmas, Denise!
ReplyDeleteThank you Sandi, you also :)
DeleteSilver bells are so beautiful, so is the poetry!
ReplyDeleteI am happy you enjoyed them, thank you Angie :)
DeleteBeautiful
ReplyDeleteHappy you enjoyed, thank you Christine :)
DeleteI have never heard this poem by Poe and I really do like it a lot as I did a lot of his work. The photos are absolutely stunning and fit the poem perfectly
ReplyDeleteIt was a first for me too Sandra :) And I have to thank you for the photos because I am always thankful you told me about Pixabay, so once again, thank you :)))
DeleteBeautiful images of the sky. The poem is lovely. Have a wonderful holiday week, Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteThank you Eileen and I wish you a Merry Christmas also :)
DeleteLovely...
ReplyDeleteHappy Christmas
Glad you enjoyed, thank you and a Happy Christmas to you also BB :)
DeleteThis is a different poem by Poe, at least to me, Denise. Very pretty images! Merry Christmas to you and yours!
ReplyDeleteIt is different I agree Martha Ellen :) Glad you enjoyed and a Merry Christmas to you and yours also.
DeleteWhat a shock! Who would have ever thought that Poe wrote this??? I love the photos that accompany it, especially the first one.
ReplyDeleteIt was a surprise to me too Ginny but I was delighted to find poem. Glad you enjoyed, thank you :)
DeleteThis is one of my favorite poems - the tintinnabulation of the bells bells bells!
ReplyDeleteHi Carol, it was new to me and now it is one of my favorites also. Thank you :) This should have been my word of the day as I have never heard it before:
Deletetin·tin·nab·u·la·tion
/ˌtin(t)əˌnabyəˈlāSH(ə)n/
noun
a ringing or tinkling sound.
"the tiny tintinnabulation, faint as fairy bells" :)))
Very cool photos, Denise. For some reason, blue speaks to me at Christmas. There is a house down the street with just blue lights, and it looks so pretty when I drive by.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas to you, friend. I'm glad to have met you in blog land this year. Your posts are delightful.
~Sheri
Thank you for your sweet comment Sheri, this blue is beautiful isn't it and how nice that this color speaks to you at this special time of the year? I am so glad I met you also and consider you a friend. Blogland is a whole big family and I love it for the dear people I have met, such as yourself. And I feel the same way about your blog too :) Merry Christmas and A Very Happy New Year!
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