Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BELLS FROM OUT OF THE PAST, by JOELLEN INGRAM


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BELLS FROM OUT OF THE PAST, by                    
First Line: In eerie lights beneath the sky
Last Line: The mission bells so far away.
Subject(s): Past


In eerie lights beneath the sky,
At times should winds be riding fast,
The ancient bells toll very nigh
From out the mist of ages past;
And weathered ruins where they lie
A Mission contour dimly cast.

And yet it were a verity,
No idle conjuring of thought,
That padres in sincerity
And patience toiled until was wrought
A fold with strong security
For gospel message to be taught.

No fantasy could make unreal
What evidence would mutely show;
Nor imagery the truth conceal
Of that which padres made to grow;
And God through nature should reveal
For man to ponder on and know.
There stands the oak more gnarled each year;
The pear buds leaf and fruitage too;
While gentle slopes yield olive near;
As grape enlarges trunk -- huge through;
And each loan peace to atmosphere
That man has chosen to eschew.

These frame a scene of transient cast
And in the midst where remnants lay,
Of crumbled walls debris holds fast
That once were built of molded clay,
There toll again from out the past
The Mission bells so far away.





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