i.m. Tommy Nolan 1940-2008 <br /> <br /> <br />In a silent belfry <br />An old bell. <br />From the sea at Wicklow <br />A new rope. <br />In the graveyard <br />A new sound. <br />The Tolling Bell <br />Calls loud <br />To the quiet hush <br />Of the slow walk. <br />Ask not for whom, <br />It tolls for Tommy Nolan. <br /> <br />Back from the valley <br />Forest hills, <br />Derrybawn, <br />Lugduff, Camaderry, <br />Brockagh, <br />The toll returns, <br />The woodland wakes <br />A sturdy forester. <br />A tree has fallen, <br />Back to the earth. <br />Ring on Toll. <br />Echo Thanks. <br /> <br /> <br />Martin Swords August 2008 <br /> <br /> <br />Tribute for a grand character with whom I worked. <br />A former forrester from the village of Laragh, <br />Glendalough, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. <br />The church bell tolled again first for Tommy's funeral<br /><br />Martin Swords<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-tree-has-fallen/
