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