'Twould ring the bells of Heaven The wildest peal for years, If Parson lost his senses And people came to theirs, And he and they together Knelt down with angry prayers For tamed and shabby tigers And dancing dogs and bears, And wretched, blind pit ponies, And little hunted hares.
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Text Authorship:
- by Ralph Hodgson (1871 - 1962), "The Bells of Heaven" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Joseph Holbrooke (1878 - 1958), "The Bells of Heaven", op. 76 (Three Songs) no. 3, published 1920 [ voice and piano and optional string quartet ] [sung text not yet checked]
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