Richard Harris Barham

  • The Jackdaw of Rheims

    The Jackdaw sat on the Cardinal’s chair!
    Bishop and abbot and prior were there;
            Many a monk, and many a friar,
            Many a knight, and many a squire,
    With a great many more of lesser degree,—
    In sooth, a goodly company;
    And they served...

  • City Bells

    From “The Lay of St. Aloy’s”
                LOUD and clear
    From the Saint Nicholas tower, on the listening ear,
                With solemn swell,
                The deep-toned bell
      Flings to the gale a funeral knell;
                And hark—at its sound,...