Edwards, George Wharton, 1859-1950 · Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Company · leaf 88
ust exercise amost potent influence upon the imagination and life ofthe people. The Flemish peasant is born, grows up, lives his lifeout, and finally is laid away to the music of these ancientbells. When I came away from Malines and reached Antwerp,I lodged in the Place Verte, as near to the chimes… … SOME CARILLONS OF FLANDERS valued friend, for the sound of the bells had become reallya part of my daily existence. Victor Hugo, who traveled through Flanders in 1837,stopped for a time in Malines, and was so impressed withthe carillon that he is said to have written there the fol-lowing lines by…
Churches · Chimes · Change ringing
Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
