glimmer - definition and synonyms. What are red words? 90% of the time, speakers of English use just 7,500 words in speech and writing. These words appear in red, and are graded with stars. One-star words are frequent, two-star words are more frequent, and three-star words are the most frequent.
John Donne first wrote the words, Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee. It is the last part of a longer passage in Mediation XVII of his Devotions Upon Emergent... Star Gazing
Though I never heard it again. This Des O'Connor song has nothing to do with the song Drop That Name from the Comden & Green musical Bells Are Ringing.. ++++++++++++++ The song is actually called 'The Name Song' and it was written by Des's writer, Tony Hawes, in the late 60s. The tune is 'Nola' by Felix Arndt, written in around 1925.