I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

[Verse 1]
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I heard the bells on Christmas day,

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Their old familiar carols play,

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And wild and sweet the words repeat,

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Of peace on earth, good will to men.

[Verse 2]
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I thought how, as the day had come,

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The belfries of all Christendom,

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Had rolled along th’unbroken song,

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Of peace on earth, good will to men.

[Verse 3]
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And in despair I bowed my head:

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“There is no peace on earth,” I said,

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“For hate is strong and mocks the song,

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Of peace on earth, good will to men.”

[Verse 4]
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Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:

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“God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;

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The wrong shall fail, the right prevail,

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With peace on earth, good will to men.”

[Verse 5]
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Till, ringing, singing, on its way,

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The world revolved from night to day,

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A voice, a chime, a chant sublime,

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Of peace on earth, good will to men.