And tried to hear your voice, but all I heard Was a boat’s whistle, and the scraping squeal Of seabird’s voices far away, and bells, Five bells. Five bells coldly ringing out. Five bells.
ATTRIBUTION:
Kenneth Slessor (1901–1971), Australian poet, journalist. Five Bells (l. 124–128). . .
Poetry in Australia, Vols. I–II. Vol. I: From the Ballads to Brennan, T. Inglis Moore, comp.; Vol. II: Modern Australian Verse, Douglas Stewart, comp. (1965) University of California Press.
