John Baptiste Calkin - I heard the bells on Christmas day - текст песни (слова)

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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. 
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And 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. 
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Till ringing, singing on its way 
The world revolved from night to day, 
A voice, a chime, a chant sublime 
Of peace on earth, good will to men. 
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Then from each black, accursed mouth 
The cannon thundered in the South, 
And with the sound the carols drowned 
Of peace on earth, good will to men. 
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It was as if an earthquake rent 
The hearth-stones of a continent, 
And made forlorn, the households born 
Of peace on earth, good will to men. 
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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.” 
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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.”