Return, Alpheus; the dread voice is past That shrunk thy streams; return Sicilian Muse, And call the vales, and bid them hither cast Their bells and flowerets of a thousand hues.
I am walking down the church-yard path, the bells jangling gayly above my head, drowning the sweet thrushes; and the school-children flinging bountiful garden flowers before my feet.
When all the family is gathered, when the fire burns quick and clear, and the church-bells ring out grave and sweet, neither will they be left out.
Humboldt found in Mexico the tomb of a coyote, which had been carefully interred with an earthen vase, and a number of the little cast-bronze bells which I noticed in the last chapter.
There is a flash of lightning; the electricbells begin to ring.
But there's no danger; for the bells would ring if there were an atmospheric disturbance.
Do you think church bells and Holy Water could comfort me?
The Romish Church is a rather noisy neighbour, for its bells ring at unnatural hours, and doleful strains of a band which cannot play either in time or tune proceed from it.
Church bells rang, and the shady streets were filled with people in holiday dress.
Simply my long border was full to overflowing and last season some of the lily bells were growing smaller.
They ring their bells now," said he, "before long they will be wringing their hands.
The declaration of war which was made in October was welcomed with peals of bells from London churches.
The larger houses have upon their gates bell-pulls or buttons which causebells to ring within.
The silver was looted by troops under Sherman, and the bells were destroyed when the city was burned.
The fragments were, however, collected and sent to England, whence the bells originally came, and there they were recast.
The birds sang lustily outside my window, carts and carriages rumbled along the road; bells were ringing and all the voices of industry and activity were united in a great chorus which proclaimed the advent of another day.
She may, at last, recline in an expensive casket, and rich exotics may lie in splendid profusion about her, there may be tolling of many bells and sighing of many friends, but after that?
There she sat, and lullaby sang in her singing, And she heard how thebells of England were ringing.
When he awoke he lay on this hill, where the cross has stood ever since, heard the cattle low and saw the spire of his church in the village where the vesper bells were ringing.
When I had eaten, I went out in the fields and sat with my back against a tree, and listened to the church-bells that were ringing also, I knew, in my home four thousand miles away.
Tired and disheartened, I was on my way back, my business done, as the bells rang in the Holy Eve.
The river craft steamed and puffed, and blockaded the landing, now backing water and now forging forward, remonstrating with bells and whistles in strenuous dialogue.
The jangle of the pilot bells and the sound of the exhaust pipes came alternately on the air.
As she turned around one of the swaying bells was still visible, giving its note of fervid brilliancy to her face.
He heard the bellsfrom the city towers mark the hour and the recurrent echo from the rocky banks of the river: then one far away, belated, faint, scarcely perceived, beat out the tally of the time on some remote cliff.
The wind faintly stirred, barely enough to shake the bells of the pink and darkly blue hyacinths standing tall and full in the parterre at one side of the house.
Or cut 12 small bellsand paste one leaf of calendar pad on each, stringing all together with ribbon.
On feeling his approaching death he ordered the bells to be buried in a deep well in the castle, but on feast days they are still to be distinctly heard ringing, which sets the whole rock vibrating.
The giant threw and missed, and the bells sounded with wondrous clearness.
But be cautious when you enter the house where the daughter of the old witch is guarded, because there are a dozen bells over the door, and they may betray you.
They dressed up most showily; they painted their faces, and as soon as the bells began to ring ran to church and stuck themselves in the front pew.
One day a gentleman drove past gaily, the horse-bells tinkling as he went; he asked the man what he was doing, and was told all.
In a short time he heard the tingle of golden bells begin to sound, increasing till the whole town rang with the noise; and lo!
Midnight came and Jack went to ring the bells and discovered the dummy in the cassock.
At midnight Jack again went to ring the bells and, as before, made short work of the first dummy; as he did not receive any reply he took him by the collar and threw him on the ground.
St. Nicholas to his animals, who, stamping their legs, made thebells jingle.
Faint and far off he could hear the bells of Santa Claus' reindeer jingling as jolly St. Nicholas drove back to North Pole Land.
The reindeer shook their heads, which made the bells jingle more merrily than before, they stamped their feet on the hard, frozen road that led from the North Pole to Earth, and then away they darted.
More toys, all carefully wrapped, came tumbling into the bag, and the merry jingle of bells grew louder.
Over the clouds and drifts of snow, and through the white flakes they rushed, the sleigh-bells playing a merry tune.
Bells jangled, and shrieks of applause rent the air.
We soon passed the noisy crowd returning to the city, with jangling bells and flowing mane, and they sent up a shout as we flew over their heads that spoke of good humor and general satisfaction.
Suddenly the jangle of bells rang out on the air; why had we not heard them before?
Those in Quebec heard how joy bells were ringing and bonfires blazing throughout New England and the provinces.
Flags hung half-mast high, the guns had boomed a salute, and the bells of the city had tolled in solemn cadence as the coffin was borne to the quay and reverently carried to the place prepared for it upon the ship.
No bells tolled or cannon fired as the mournful procession filed through the streets; yet it did not lack a certain sombre dignity.
He found the whole metropolis wrapt in gloom, every heart filled with sorrow and sadness, every eye streaming with tears, and the surrounding hills yet flinging back the echo of the bells which were tolled on that melancholy occasion.
Five bells were at length struck, and all hands called to muster.
And at last both were resting in the ancient belfry, close to the oldbells from Spain.
As all three entered the church, bells began to sound, and a man came quickly forward to say that an Episcopal clergyman and Philip Barry were both waiting at the foot of the chancel.
Ere you open your eyes in the city, the blessed church-bells begin: No sooner the bells leave off than the diligence rattles in: You get the pick of the news, and it costs you never a pin.
VIII You should have heard the Hamelin people Ringing the bells till they rocked the steeple.
But Bells can beat Night, an' run neck en' neck with Black Star.
Venters raised his rifle, ready to take snap shots, and waited for favorable opportunity when Bells was out of line with the forward horses.
He had come uponBells grazing near the body of a dead rustler, the only incident of his quick ride into the village.
One of her safe racers was a dark bay, and she called him Bells because of the way he struck his iron shoes on the stones.
No great distance was covered, however, before Bells swerved to the left, out of line with Black Star and Night.
Judkins mounted Bells and rode with Venters up to the cottonwood grove.
Not improbably he reasoned that the powerful sorrel could more easily overtake Bells in the heavier going outside of the trail.
In less than two miles of running Bells began to drop behind the blacks, and Wrangle began to overhaul him.
Lassiter never rode Bells into the court any more, nor did he come by the lane or the paths.
Lassiter put Bells in the stable with the other racers, and directed his efforts to a closer attendance upon Jane.
Bells ran a few hundred yards, slowed up, and had stopped when Wrangle passed him.
The sound of the bells made her feel terribly sad and lonely.
A mighty but familiar jingling of bells proclaimed that the "wagon" was on the way, and in an incredibly short time they were pushed inside.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bells" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
