wordy wednesday...tintinnabulation {april 20, 2022}

In keeping with Wordy Wednesday and National Poetry month, this week's word comes from Edgar Allen Poe's poem, "The Bells."

Tintinnabulation (noun): the ringing or sound of bells

The Bells

~ Edgar Allen 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.

The bell theme rings big for me this week. Saturday wedding bells will ring for my daughter and the love of her life. Today is also my goofy chocolate Lab's birthday. He was 13 years old when he crossed the rainbow bridge in 2020. When the doorbell rang, he would bark relentlessly at the door. This sweet boy had a big, loud bark and would scare off any solicitors before I opened the door. 

Hunter
4/20/2007 - 6/2/2020