THE MESSAGE OF THE BELLS
I. heard the bolls ,011 Christmas Day Their old familiar enrols play, And wild and eweet • The words repeat Of peace 011 earth, good will to men! And thought, how, as the day had come, 'Iho belfries of' all Christendom Had " rolled along The unbroken song' Of peace on earth, good will to-men. But in despair I bowed my head • "There is no peace on earth," I said; "For hate is strong, v And mocks the sons 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, , Tho right prevail, With peace on earth, good will to men." —Longfellow..
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2960, 26 December 1916, Page 6
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122THE MESSAGE OF THE BELLS Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2960, 26 December 1916, Page 6
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