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J. C. Squire, ed. A Book of Women’s Verse. 1921.

By Alice Meynell (1847–1922)

Chimes

BRIEF, on a flying night,

From the shaken tower,

A flock of bells take flight,

And go with the hour.

Like birds from the cote to the gales,

Abrupt—O hark!

A fleet of bells set sails,

And go to the dark.

Sudden the cold airs swing.

Alone, aloud,

A verse of bells takes wing

And flies with the cloud.