I Dug Beneath the Cypress Shade
July 6, 2023Castles in the Air
July 6, 2023Duet
Milestone:
All my troubles disappear,
When the dinner-bell I hear,
Over woodland, dale, and fell,
Swinging slow with solemn swell,—
The dinner-bell! the dinner-bell!
Hippy:
What can bid my heart-ache fly?
What can bid my heart-ache die?
What can all the ills dispel,
In my morbid frame that dwell?
The dinner-bell! the dinner-bell!
Both:
Hark!—along the tangled ground,
Loudly floats the pleasing sound!
Sportive Fauns to Dryads tell,
‘Tis the cheerful dinner-bell!
The dinner-bell! the dinner-bell!
Thomas Love Peacock
Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866) was an English novelist, poet, and satirist who is known for his works such as "Nightmare Abbey" and "Crotchet Castle." He was also a close friend of the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.