Poe wrote, "Hear the sledges with the bells--silver bells! What a world of" this "their melody foretells"
What a world of merriment 
their... [DOC] [TLE] December | 2010 | Hear, Let's Listen [PAR] Dec 24, 2010 ... ... singers recited, Hear the Sledges with the bells, silver bells What a world of 
merriment their melody foretells how they tinkle, ... Silverman claims Poe may 
have used the ringing of the bells as a metaphor for life itself.