| 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 |
