| Lyrics: | 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.
I thought how as the
day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
Had roll'd along th' unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good will to men.
And in despair I bow'd 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."
'Til 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 |
