I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
I heard the bells on Christmas day Their old familiar carols play, And mild and sweet the words repeat Of peace on earth, good will to men. - And thought how, as the day had come,
- The belfries of all Christendom
- Had rolled along the unbroken song
- Of peace on earth, good will to men.
- And in despair I bowed my head
- “There is no peace on earth,” I said,
- “For hate is strong and mocks the song
- Of peace on earth, good will to men.”
- Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
- “God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
- The wrong shall fail, the right prevail
- With peace on earth, good will to men.”
- Till ringing, singing on its way
- The world revolved from night to day,
- A voice, a chime, a chant sublime
- Of peace on earth, good will to men.
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