If he were sighted from above, what should stay those bells from Knelling for him.
"The Unknown Sea"
Clemence Housman
Thereof the barrier of Alsace-Lorraine; The frozen billow crested to its fall; Dismemberment; disfigurement; Her history blotted; her proud mantle rent; And ever that one word to reperuse, With eyes behind a veil of fiery dews; Knelling the spot where Gallic soil defiled Showed her sons' valour as a frenzied child In arms of the mailed man.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith
And from far away we can hear a heavy Knelling,- the booming of some great fog-bell.
"Two Years in the French West Indies"
Lafcadio Hearn