Andrys Basten wrote:
>And in the sudden surge of uncharacteristic sentimentality that may fit
>this season (and help after this divisive election), I'd like to quote
>that and ask if someone would fill in the part I don't remember...
The words to I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day in my 1937 Traditional
Carol Book are as follows:
I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old familiar carols play;
And wild and sweet the word repeat
Of peace on earth, good will to men.
I thought how as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along th' 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, and doth not 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.
Words: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Music: Isaac H. Meredith
Mary Esterheld
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