![]() ![]() What a world of solemn thought their monody compels! In the clamor and the clangor of the bells! In a mad expostulation with the deaf and frantic fire,īy the sinking or the swelling in the anger of the bells. In a clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire, What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells! ![]() To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells! What a gush of euphony voluminously wells! To the turtle-dove that listens, while she gloats What a world of happiness their harmony foretells! To the tintinnabulation that so musically wellsįrom the jingling and the tinkling of the bells. What a world of merriment their melody foretells! For the final draft, Poe received $15 from Sartain'sįrom the handwritten manuscript, it is not clear from the spacings, quite how Poe intended it to be read, alas he died before he got the chance to confirm the typescript.įor a more complete discussion consult The Bells ![]() ![]() How I shudder at the notes Of the bells, bells, bells-Īfter two further amendments and additions, the poem was finally accepted for publication. Shew.) Contained only two stanzas, totalling seventeen lines and read. An earlier draft, (titled, The Bells, By Mrs. The original idea for The Bells, is believed to have been given to Poe by his friend, Mrs Shew. Poe adapted it a number of times but this is the most common. This is only one of the many versions (8 at least) that have slipped into the world. ![]()
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