And the sabbath rang slowly In the pebbles of the holy streams These lines are taken from Dylan Thomas s Fern Hill In these lines the poet beautifully describes the quiet and holy peace of nature at Fern Hill Farm To the child-poet even the rivers and stones seemed to sing softly with life and faith In these lines Dylan Thomas expresses the quiet spiritual joy of his childhood days at Fern Hill Farm his Aunt Annie Jones s home in Wales The word sabbath means the holy day of rest usually Sunday a day of peace and prayer The poet says the sabbath rang slowly which means the countryside was so calm that even nature seemed to sing softly like a church bell The phrase In the pebbles of the holy streams shows how deeply the poet felt the sacred beauty of nature The small stones in the flowing