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