I Heard the Bells on

Christmas Day

Their old familiar

Carols play

And wild 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 rolled along

The unbroken song

Of peace on earth

Good will to men

And in despair

I bowed 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