The Bells Of Heaven Poem by Ralph Hodgson
The Bells Of Heaven
'Twould ring the bells of Heaven
The wildest peal for years,
If Parson lost his senses
And people came to theirs,
And he and they together
Knelt down with angry prayers
For tamed and shabby tigers
And dancing dogs and bears,
And wretched, blind pit ponies,
And little hunted hares.
I was so pleased to discover this poem; it was often recited to me by my mother, now long gone.
Congratulations being chosen as The Classic Poem Of The Day! Hoorray!
2) 'The Bull, ' ' Eve, ' ' The Bells of Heaven, ' and ' The Song of Honour, ' are regularly included in poetry anthologies. I like this poem very much, bit irony, bit melancholy and a very sad tone BUT a jewel, a gem for us to read! To my Favourites!
1) 5 Stars full for this amazingly worded poem, a cutest tiny sweetest one. I cite here from his Bio: In 1924, he moved to Japan and took a post as English lecturer at Sendai's University. His reputation as a poet rests upon a small number of publications.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/26/2024 9:33:26 PM # 1.0.0.1119
So true. The humans go to heaven/ mere animals do not dichotomy of many religions breaks down at the interface. Animals are sentient creatures too. This little poem says it concisely.