The Bells, Ostend. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACDDCEFFGHI| How sweet the tuneful bells' responsive peal | A |
| As when at opening morn the fragrant breeze | B |
| Breathes on the trembling sense of pale disease | B |
| So piercing to my heart their force I feel | A |
| And hark with lessening cadence now they fall | C |
| And now along the white and level tide | D |
| They fling their melancholy music wide | D |
| Bidding me many a tender thought recall | C |
| Of summer days and those delightful years | E |
| When from an ancient tower in life's fair prime | F |
| The mournful magic of their mingling chime | F |
| First waked my wondering childhood into tears | G |
| But seeming now when all those days are o'er | H |
| The sounds of joy once heard and heard no more | I |
William Lisle Bowles
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