L Milton Hankins Poet Quintain (English)

The Bells Toll

Too soon the bells will toll for me
I must cross the narrow channel
And set sail for unknown eternity
Where untold joys await the knell
After which, solemn bells will tell.

written June 17, 2021

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Gershon Wolf June 17, 2021 at 6:16 PM As long as they don't put a telephone up in the bell-tower. Can you imagine? -- ping - ping -ping forever... ping L Milton Hankins June 17, 2021 at 6:46 PM Oh my. No, I refuse to imagine that!

Tom Cunningham June 17, 2021 at 2:17 PM Hopefully they wont be ringing too soon Milton, but as we get older it does plays on our minds. Tom L Milton Hankins June 17, 2021 at 4:23 PM Indeed, Tom, especially after doctors' visits...haha!