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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN THE BELFRY, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Toll! Is it night, or daylight yet? Last Line: In manus tuas, domine! Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin | |||
WRITTEN UNDER RETHEL'S 'DEATH, THE FRIEND' TOLL! Is it night, or daylight yet? Somewhere the birds seem singing still, Though surely now the sun has set. Toll! But who tolls the Bell once more? He must have climbed the parapet. Did I not bar the belfry door? Who can it be? -- the Bernardine, That wont to pray with me of yore? No, -- for the monk was not so lean. This must be He who, legend saith, Comes sometimes with a kindlier mien And tolls a knell. -- This shape is Death! Good-bye, old Bell! So let it be. How strangely now I draw my breath! What is this haze of light I see?... IN MANUS TUAS, DOMINE! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A GAGE D'AMOUR by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON A GARDEN SONG by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON ARS VICTRIX (IMITATED FROM THEOPHILE GAUTIER) by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON BEFORE SEDAN by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON DORA VERSUS ROSE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON GROWING GRAY by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW; IN MEMORIAM by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON IN AFTER DAYS; RONDEAU by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON THE BALLAD OF PROSE AND RHYME by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON WHEN THERE IS PEACE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON |
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