THE BELLS (Excerpt)
by Edgar Allan Poe
Hear the sledges with the bells—
Silver bells!
What a world of merriment their melody foretells!
How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,
In the icy air of night!
While the stars that oversprinkle
All the heavens, seem to twinkle
With a crystalline delight;
Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells
From the bells, bells, bells, bells,
Bells, bells, bells—
From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.
Read “The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe in its entirety at eapoe.org.
Silver Birch Press 
One of my very favorite read-aloud poems, ever, along with The Raven, of course. Love the musicality of it. Thanks for the excerpt! I saw a new collection of Poe’s work the other day, and loved the look of it. Think I’ll get myself a post-Christmas present. 🙂
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