Saturday, 20 June 2020

Amen To The Bells

"All bells were ringing and banners flew from every staff, as the King rode into the City."
-A Midsummer Tempest, xxv, p. 222.

"In glory did Gospodar Bodin ride home... all the bells of Zorkagrad pealed until Lake Stoyan gave back their music."
-Poul Anderson, A Knight Of Ghosts And Shadows IN Anderson, Sir Dominic Flandry: The Last Knight Of Terra (Riverdale, NY, 2012), pp. 339-606 AT XX, p. 605.

"'Amen to the bells...'"
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2 comments:

  1. Sean M. Brooks20 June 2020 at 16:16

    Kaor, Paul!

    Dang, I wish I had thought of that in my previous readings of A MIDSUMMER TEMPEST, comparing the similarities to how King Charles and Gospodar Bodin returned home.

    Ad astra! Sean

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  2. paulshackley2017@gmail.com20 June 2020 at 16:20

    Sean,

    And I thought that those four words from Dickens provided a beautiful summary of the joy of the sound of the bells.

    Paul.

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