Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Flower-de-luce: Christmas Bells Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABBC DDEEC AAFFC GGHHC IJKKC LLEE MMNN

I heard the bells on Christmas DayA
Their old familiar carols playA
And wild and sweetB
The words repeatB
Of peace on earth good will to menC
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And thought how as the day had comeD
The belfries of all ChristendomD
Had rolled alongE
The unbroken songE
Of peace on earth good will to menC
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Till ringing singing on its wayA
The world revolved from night to dayA
A voice a chimeF
A chant sublimeF
Of peace on earth good will to menC
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Then from each black accursed mouthG
The cannon thundered in the SouthG
And with the soundH
The carols drownedH
Of peace on earth good will to menC
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It was as if an earthquake rentI
The hearth stones of a continentJ
And made forlornK
The households bornK
Of peace on earth good will to menC
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And in despair I bowed my headL
'There is no peace on earth ' I saidL
'For hate is strongE
And mocks the songE
Of peace on earth good will to men '-
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Then pealed the bells more loud and deepM
'God is not dead nor doth he sleepM
The Wrong shall failN
The Right prevailN
With peace on earth good will to men '-

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow



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