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Ringing The Tides

Ringing The Tides

Ghostly chimes from beneath the waves

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Imogen Ashwin
Jul 11, 2023
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‘The Spirit of Haisboro’: Swirling tides ring me; Your words ring me; My tongue sings me.

Bells tell stories, and have been intimately linked with human lives for, well, who knows how long in one form or another? It is the same bell that rings to herald a wedding that announces a funeral, and the ringing of church bells was anciently believed to ward off thunderstorms and evil spirits.

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