 | Sonnets Round the Coast |  |
139
XIII. THE BELLS OF SKELTON NEW CHURCH TOWER
(RUNG FOR THE FIRST TIME, JULY 31, 1884.).
The bells chimed loud, the ringers rang with will;Six voices cried, “Come! for I call you now.”
From high Upleatham's wood to Warsett brow,
From Huntcliff Nab to ancient Brotton hill,
The clear notes clanged. The miller, at his mill,
Heard strange airs quivering round him, far below;
And sailors, leaning on the weather bow,
Caught sounds that seemed all Saltburn's bay to fill
With wild sea music. Still the bells were swung—
The strong tower shook, and tremblingly the vane
Moved, as, for joy, the very earth were stirred.
That evening village babes, in dreamland, heard
Angels from Heaven, and Cleveland's hollow plain
Found for the worthiest news a worthy tongue.
| Sonnets Round the Coast | |