And hears no more those evening bells.
And so ’twill be when I am gone;
That tuneful peal will still ring on,
While other bards shall walk those dells,
And sing your praise, sweet evening bells!”
The following brief passage from one of Landor’s poems strikingly illustrates the metrical effect of simple words of one syllable:
“She was sent forth
To bring that light which never wintry blast
Blows out, nor rain, nor snow extinguishes—