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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 |
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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 the unbroken song |
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Of peace on Earth, good will to men |
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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 |
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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 |
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With peace on Earth, good will to men |
