Youth Hymnal ‎#170

170. Ring Out, Wild Bells

1 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 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 a slowly dying cause,
And ancient forms of party strife;
Ring in the nobler modes of life,
With sweeter manners, purer laws.
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 narr’wing 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.

Text Information

• First Line: Ring out, wild bells, to the wild, wild sky
• Title: Ring Out, Wild Bells
• Author: Alfred Tennyson
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1935

Tune Information

• Name: WILD BELLS
• Composer: Henry Lahee