I heard the bells on Christmas day <br />Their old familiar carols play, <br />And wild and sweet the words repeat <br />Of peace on earth, good will to men. <br /> <br />I thought how, as the day had come, <br />The belfries of all Christendom <br />Had rolled along th'unbroken song <br />Of peace on earth, good will to men. <br /> <br />And in despair I bowed my head: <br />'There is no peace on earth, ' I said <br />'For hate is strong, and mocks the song <br />Of peace on earth, good will to men.' <br /> <br />Then pealed the bells more loud and deep: <br />'God is not dead, nor doth He sleep; <br />The wrong shall fail, the right prevail, <br />With peace on earth, good will to men.' <br /> <br />Till, ringing, singing on its way, <br />The world revolved from night to day <br />A voice, a chime, a chant sublime, <br />Of peace on earth, good will to men.<br /><br />Henry Wadsworth Longfellow<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-heard-the-bells-on-christmas-day/
