Bells Quote by A. E. Housman

The bells which toll for mankind are—most of them, anyway—like the bells of Alpine cattle; they are attached to our own necks, and it…

— Peter Medawar

For bells are the voice of the church; They have tones that touch and search The hearts of young and old.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Those evening bells! those evening bells! How many a tale their music tells Of youth and home, and that sweet time When last I…

— Charles Lamb

“Even the bells from the churches have a conversation, all ringing at once.”

— Barbara Kingsolver

Of all sound of all bells... most solemn and touching is the peal which rings out the Old Year.

— Charles Lamb

Bells are musics laughter.

— Thomas Hood

“The bells, I say, the bells break down their tower; And swing I know not where. Their tongues engrave Membrane through marrow, my long-scattered…

— Hart Crane

While the steeples are loud in their joy, To the tune of the bells' ring-a-ding, Let us chime in a peal, one and all,…

— Thomas Hood

“From time to time complaints are made about the ringing of church bells. It seems strange that a generation which tolerates the uproar of…

— Dorothy L. Sayers

I compose with bells a lot. Bells and breath. Both things you react to without thinking about it. Bells traditionally give us orders: come…

— Sxip Shirey

“When a waggon with a train of beautiful horses, furnished with red trappings and clear-sounding bells came by us with its music, I believe…

— Charles Dickens

Church bells beyond the stars heard, the soul's blood, The land of spices; something understood.

— George Herbert