Text: | I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day |
Author: | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
Tune: | BELLS |
Composer: | Isaac H. Meredith |
1 I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old familiar carols play;
And wild and sweet the words repeat
Of peace of earth, good will to men.
2 I 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.
3 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.
4 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.
5 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.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | I heard the bells on Christmas Day |
Title: | I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day |
Author: | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1863) |
Meter: | 8.8.8.8 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1996 |
Topic: | Christmas; God's Care; Story of Jesus(5 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | BELLS |
Composer: | Isaac H. Meredith (1898) |
Meter: | 8.8.8.8 |
Key: | C Major |