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A Peal of BellsStrike the bells wantonly, Tinkle tinkle well; Bring me wine, bring me flowers, Ring the silver bell. All my lamps burn scented oil, Hung on laden orange-trees, Whose shadowed foliage is the foil To golden lamps and oranges. Heap my golden plates with fruit, Golden fruit, fresh-plucked and ripe; Strike the bells and breathe the pipe; Shut out showers from summer hours— Silence that complaining lute— Shut out thinking, shut out pain, From hours that cannot come again.Strike the bells solemnly, Ding dong deep: My friend is passing to his bed, Fast asleep; There’s plaited linen round his head, While foremost go his feet— His feet that cannot carry him. My feast’s a show, my lights are dim; Be still, your music is not sweet,— There is no music more for him: His lights are out, his feast is done; His bowl that sparkled to the brim Is drained, is broken, cannot hold; My blood is chill, his blood is cold; His death is full, and mine begun.

Goblin Market, and Other Poems, 1862

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Christina Rossetti: Goblin Market

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The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales

  • Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?
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  • Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
  • The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales