Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Rhyme Of The Duchess May lyrics
[Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Rhyme Of The Duchess May lyrics]
To the belfry, one by one, went
The ringers from the sun
Toll slowly
And the oldest ringer said
"Ours is music for the dead
When the rebecks are all done"
Six abeles i' the churchyard grow on
The north side in a row
Toll slowly
And the shadows of their tops
Rock across the little slopes
Of the grassy graves below
On the south side and the west
A small river runs in haste
Toll slowly
And, between the river flowing and
The fair green trees a-growing
Do the dead lie at their rest
On the east I sate that day
Up against a willow grey:
Toll slowly
Through the rain of willow-branches I could
See the low hill ranges
And the river on it's way
There I sate beneath the tree
And the bell tolled solemnly
Toll slowly
While the trees' and river's voices
Flowed between the solemn noises
Yet death seemed more loud to me
There I read this ancient rhyme while
The bell did all the time
Toll slowly
And the solemn knell fell in with
The tale of life and sin
Like a rhythmic fate sublime
The ringers from the sun
Toll slowly
And the oldest ringer said
"Ours is music for the dead
When the rebecks are all done"
Six abeles i' the churchyard grow on
The north side in a row
Toll slowly
And the shadows of their tops
Rock across the little slopes
Of the grassy graves below
On the south side and the west
A small river runs in haste
Toll slowly
And, between the river flowing and
The fair green trees a-growing
Do the dead lie at their rest
On the east I sate that day
Up against a willow grey:
Toll slowly
Through the rain of willow-branches I could
See the low hill ranges
And the river on it's way
There I sate beneath the tree
And the bell tolled solemnly
Toll slowly
While the trees' and river's voices
Flowed between the solemn noises
Yet death seemed more loud to me
There I read this ancient rhyme while
The bell did all the time
Toll slowly
And the solemn knell fell in with
The tale of life and sin
Like a rhythmic fate sublime