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lunasun

(21,646 posts)
Tue Dec 31, 2019, 09:46 PM Dec 2019

Ring Out, Wild Bells by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light:
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Ring out the grief that saps the mind
For those that here we see no more;
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind.
Ring out a slowly dying cause,
And ancient forms of party strife;
Ring in the nobler modes of life,
With sweeter manners, purer laws.
Ring out the want, the care, the sin,
The faithless coldness of the times;
Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes
But ring the fuller minstrel in.
Ring out false pride in place and blood,
The civic slander and the spite;
Ring in the love of truth and right,
Ring in the common love of good.
Ring out old shapes of foul disease;
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace.
Ring in the valiant man and free,
The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkness of the land,
Ring in the Christ that is to be.
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The last line is interesting as he talks about ringing in Christ , but imo it could be representative of consciousness or something , not necessarily religious
Anyway here’s to resetting and ringing in a new year ! Peace

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Ring Out, Wild Bells by Alfred Lord Tennyson (Original Post) lunasun Dec 2019 OP
Thanks! Beautiful poem! 50 Shades Of Blue Dec 2019 #1
Missed this at the turn of the year. Tucker08087 Mar 2020 #2
Thank you and I enjoy your posts too ! lunasun Mar 2020 #3
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