For Those Who Celebrate the Day

[stoutfellow]

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.

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.”

(H. W. Longfellow)

May it be so, Lord. May it be so.

Comments

[neonnurse.livejournal.com]

One of my favorites, and sounds like a good plan, still.

[sunlizzard.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And a blessed Christmas to you, too!

My email has gone completely down, which after some poking about I conclude that it's the ISP, as the office email also cut off at the same time, (I can check it from home, and do, when I'm on vacation--yeah, I know, compulsive, yada yada yada *grins*). It blew a couple of days ago.

Anyhoo, I'm incommunicado except for LJ, so if the Friends of Alec need to communicate, please use a filtered/locked LJ. Can you let L & N know for me? Thanks.

~ K.

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

I've passed on the message.

[hornedhopper.livejournal.com]

Lovely sentiment!

[(Anonymous)]

I hope it was a happy one! Our was. I'll be using that carol (one of my favorite) for a post later tonight ("Lo! The Creature stirs--!), but it's not nearly so cheery.

[carbonelle.livejournal.com]

Not sure how that happened: me, of course.