Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79.
The Bells of Fletching
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Come softened o’er the distant shore;
Though I have heard them many a time,
They never sang so sweet before.
A listening awe pervades the air;
The very flowers are shut and still,
And bowed as if in prayer.