-------------------- <br />So early, early church bells rang <br />and I was weeping all the way. <br />Our girl wed when carols were sang. <br />So early, early church bells rang. <br />Yet season's bitter darkness sprang <br />as my wife died on New Year's Day. <br />So early, early church bells rang <br />and I was weeping all the way.<br /><br />Glenn Bagshaw<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-festive-bells-triolet/