The Hymnal ‎#466

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

1 Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light;
The year is dying in the night:
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.

2 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 all mankind.
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.

3 Ring out old shapes of foul disease,
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace.
Ring in the valiant man and free,
The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkness of the land,
Ring in the Christ that is to be.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky
• Author: Alfred Tennyson (1849)
• Meter: L. M. D.
• Publication Date: 1950
• Topic: Special Seasons and Services: The New Year; New Year, The; Processionals; Year, The New
• Copyright: Used by permission of Novello and Company, Ltd.

Tune Information

• Name: JORDAN
• Composer: Joseph Barnby (1872)
• Meter: L. M. D.
• Key: E♭ Major
• Copyright: Used by permission of Novello and Company, Ltd.