Christmas Bells

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!"

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,
Their world revolved from night to day,
A voice, a chime,
A chant sublime
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!"