The Song of the Bell

In this classic poem, Friedrich Schiller celebrates the power of the bell as a symbol of the transformative and unifying potential of sound. Originally written in 1799, The Song of the Bell remains a masterpiece of German Romantic literature, and an inspiration to poets and lovers of language worldwide.
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