Bell! thou soundest merrily, <br />When the bridal party <br />To the church doth hie! <br />Bell! thou soundest solemnly. <br />When, on Sabbath morning, <br />Fields deserted lie! <br /> <br />Bell! thou soundest merrily; <br />Tellest thou at evening, <br />Bed-time draweth nigh! <br />Bell! thou soundest mournfully. <br />Tellest thou the bitter <br />Parting hath gone by! <br /> <br />Say! how canst thou mourn? <br />How canst thou rejoice? <br />Thou art but metal dull! <br />And yet all our sorrowings, <br />Arid all our rejoicings, <br />Thou dost feel them all! <br /> <br />God hath wonders many, <br />Which we cannot fathom, <br />Placed within thy form! <br />When the heart is sinking, <br />Thou alone canst raise it, <br />Trembling in the storm!<br /><br />Henry Wadsworth Longfellow<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/song-of-the-bell-from-the-german/
