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The document contains a poem titled 'Bell-birds' by Henry Kendall, which describes the beauty of nature and the enchanting sounds of bell-birds in a serene wilderness. The poem evokes nostalgia and longing for the simplicity and charm of childhood experiences in the wild. It highlights the interplay of light, color, and sound in the natural world, creating a vivid imagery of the landscape.

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The Descript University

The document contains a poem titled 'Bell-birds' by Henry Kendall, which describes the beauty of nature and the enchanting sounds of bell-birds in a serene wilderness. The poem evokes nostalgia and longing for the simplicity and charm of childhood experiences in the wild. It highlights the interplay of light, color, and sound in the natural world, creating a vivid imagery of the landscape.

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SELECTIVE SCHOOL-STY
LE TEST Reading-Poctry
15 ‫הוה‬
MINI TEST 22

Readthe poem below b


y Henry Kendall then answer t
he questtons.

Bell-birds
By channels of coo
lness the echoes October, the maiden of bright yellow tresses
calling, are
Loiters for love in these cool wildernesses.
And down the dim
gorges I hear the c Loiters knee-deep in the grasses to listen,
falling; reek
Where dripping rocks gleam and the leafy
It lives in the mou
ntain, where pools glisten.
sedges
moss and the
Then is the time when the water-moons
Touch with their beaut
y the banks and the splendid
ledges;
Break with their gold, and are scattered or
Through breaks of the c blended
edar and sycamore
bowers
Over the creeks, till the woodlands have
Struggles the light that is
love to the flowers. warning
And, softer than slumber,
and sweeter than Of songs of the bell-bird and wings of the
singing, morning.
The notes of the bell-bi
rds are running and
ringing. Often I sit, looking back to a childhood
Mixt with the sights and the sounds of the
The silver-voiced bell-birds, the darlings of wildwood,
day-time,
Longing for power and the sweetness to
They sing in September their songs of t fashion
he
May-time.
Lyrics with beats like the heart-beats of
When shadows wax strong and the thunder- passion-
bolts hurtle,
Songs interwoven of lights and of laughters
They hide with their fear in the le Borrowed from bell-birds in far forest
aves of
the myrtle; rafters:
When rain and the sunbeams
shine mingled So I might keep in the city and alleys
together The beauty and strength of the deep
They start up like fairies that follow fair mountain valleys
weather, Charming slumber the pain of my losses
to
And straightway the hues of their feathers With glimpses of creeks and a vision of
unfolden mosses
Are the green and the purple, the blue and
the golden.

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