Ring out false pride in place and blood,
\nThe civic slander and the spite;
\nRing in the love of truth and right,
\nRing in the common love of good.<\/p>\n
Ring out old shapes of foul disease;
\nRing out the narrowing lust of gold;
\nRing out the thousand wars of old,
\nRing in the thousand years of peace.<\/p>\n
Ring in the valiant man and free,
\nThe larger heart, the kindlier hand;
\nRing out the darkness of the land,
\nRing in the Christ that is to be.<\/p>\n
–From “Ring out, Wild Bells,” part of In Memoriam, Tennyson’s elegy to Arthur Henry Hallam, 1850 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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. Ring out old shapes of foul disease; Ring out the narrowing…<\/span><\/p>\n