And Backwell, in the same county—
sound to bid the sick repent,
In hopes of life when breath is spent.
A bell at Stratton, Cornwall, is shorter—
I call the quick to church and dead to grave.
A bell in Ghent describes the purposes for which it was used: it is not an uncommon form in the Netherlands. Translated it reads:—
My name is Roelant;
When I toll it is for a fire,
When I swing then there is storm in Flanders.
Religious sentiments and quotations are found in thousands on bells old and new. Such are—
Te deum Laudamus.
On the bell at Peterborough Cathedral
Venite Exultemus Domino.