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"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" is a Christmas carol based on the 1863 poem "Christmas Bells" by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The song tells of the narrator hearing Christmas bells during the American Civil War, but despairing that "hate is strong and mocks the song of peace on earth, good will to men". After much anguish and ...
A classic poem that expresses the contrast between the joyful carols of Christmas and the tragic reality of war and hatred. The poet hears the bells ringing \"peace on earth, good-will to men\" and wonders if they are true or mocking.
Christmas Bells is a hymn based on a poem by Henry W. Longfellow, who wrote it on Christmas Day after losing his wife and son. The hymn expresses the contrast between the ringing of the bells and the lack of peace on earth, and the hope in God's promise.
- Henry W. Longfellow (1864)
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- I heard the bells on Christmas day
- Christmas Bells
I heard the bells on Christmas day. Their old familiar carols play; In music sweet the tones repeat, “There’s 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:
