Written in 1850 as an elegy remembering his sister’s fiance, this poem has become popular as a poem for the new year.
In Memoriam, [Ring out, wild bells]
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.
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.
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Happy New Year.
Carol is hosting Poetry Friday today at Carol’s Corner.
Tomorrow’s the day. The announcement of the CYBILS finalists.
Happy Reading.
MsMac
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