I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day Lyrics

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

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