I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day is perhaps a song you know. There are 7 verses. We usually sing or hear only 4. The song is based on the 1863 poem “Christmas Bells” written by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow on Christmas day.
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ART: "Hope" 2022
These are the verses you don’t hear …
"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!
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!
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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I never knew this Linda. Thank you for sharing. I love you.