Living
All the bells were ringing
From Sing-Song (1872/1893)
Living
All the bells were ringing
And all the birds were singing,
When Molly sat down crying
For her broken doll:
O you silly Moll!
Sobbing and sighing
For a broken doll,
When all the bells are ringing,
And all the birds are singing.
Cite this poem
MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “All the bells were ringing.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/170/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “All the bells were ringing.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/170/.
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