Ring Out, Wild Bells

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild, wild sky,

the flying cloud, the frosty light:

the year is dying in the night;

ring out, wild bells, and let it die.

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Ring out the old, ring in the new,

ring, happy bells, across the snow:

the year is going, let it go;

ring out the false, ring in the true.

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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 humankind.

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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.