Christmas Bells
by
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowI 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!
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!
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!
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."
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FYI...
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Trader Joe's Pinjur was potentially sold from Trader Joe's retail stores in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, Washington D.C., and Wisconsin.
Upon discovery of the problem, the product was removed from sale in all Trader Joe's stores and put on hold in all Trader Joe's distribution centers.
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Have a safe weekend everyone! :)
Labels: FYI, Hoildays, misc, Poetry
N Posted by Rain at 12/21/2007 01:12:00 AM
Hale McKay posted at 6:26 PM
I often find that when reading the Blogs of others I learn something.
I only knew that poem (At least the first few verse) as a song - a Christmas carol. I never knew it was a poem, much less one by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow!
Learn something everyday!
Rain, I hope you have a Merry Christmas and a most Happy New Year.
Damiel posted at 11:01 AM
Same for me - we used to that at school when we were gremlins .. heuu .. "children" i meant to say :p
Have a blessed Christmas
RR Johnson Jr. posted at 11:03 AM
What a wonderful posting of Longfellow Rain. A nice touch.
Politically Homeless posted at 7:28 PM
Merry Christmas dahling.
Where's that mistletoe anyway? ;)
SBB posted at 1:52 PM
Rain, darlin', you've been Tagged with a meme on my blog. Please forgive me, and Happy New Year!
Politically Homeless posted at 7:14 PM
Happy New Year!
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