Of holy bells. The loud rooks should desist

A moment from their cawing; the dim sun

Brighten his face, the rounded meadows glisten,

And all the windswept grassy hillsides listen

And then take up the sound the bells begun.

Slowly, at length, rounding the hill, a white,

Long, slender, floating airship flies.

It, of this quiet landscape, is the sight

Most peaceful—white splash on the blue spring skies.

It passes over the church-crowned slope, it blends