Bells Quote by Charles Lamb

And the Sabbath bell, That over wood and wild and mountain dell Wanders so far, chasing all thoughts unholy With sounds most musical, most…

— Samuel Rogers

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing.

— Coldplay

“Perhaps on some quiet night the tremor of far-off drums, sinking, swelling, a tremor vast, faint; a sound weird, appealing, suggestive and wild -…

— Joseph Conrad

Hear the sledges with the bells, Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy…

— Edgar Allan Poe

The bells they sound on Bredon, And still the steeples hum. "Come all to church, good people"- Oh, noisy bells, be dumb; I hear…

— A. E. Housman

O what their joy and their glory must be, Those endless sabbaths the blessed ones see! crowns for the valiant, for weary ones rest:…

— Peter Abelard

“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

Bell, thou soundest merrily, When the bridal party To the church doth hie! Bell, thou soundest solemnly, When, on Sabbath morning, Fields deserted lie!

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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

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

The church-bells of innumerable sects are all chime-bells to-day, ringing in sweet accordance throughout many lands, and awaking a great joy in the heart…

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

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

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow