I love thy music, mellow bell, <br />I love thine iron chime, <br />To life or death, to heaven or hell, <br />Which calls the sons of Time. <br /> <br />Thy voice upon the deep <br />The home-bound sea-boy hails, <br />It charms his cares to sleep, <br />It cheers him as he sails. <br /> <br />To house of God and heavenly joys <br />Thy summons called our sires, <br />And good men thought thy sacred voice <br />Disarmed the thunder's fires. <br /> <br />And soon thy music, sad death-bell, <br />Shall lift its notes once more, <br />And mix my requiem with the wind <br />That sweeps my native shore.<br /><br />Ralph Waldo Emerson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-bell/
