In revolution fierce? What antique lore
Do those bells toll? Whence comes this overflow
Of tones so sweet that we can bear no more?
ARTHUR MILLIKEN.
The Bells of Antwerp
Why do you call to me,
Bells of the centuries, mellowed with yearning and joy o’er the ages?
What is your secret that charms each new listener back to life’s pages
Men scrawled out in blood and carousel, love and the brine of the north wind?