诗歌:圣诞钟声

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　　Christmas Bells
        　　by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
        　　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!
        　　Then from each black accursed mouth
        　　The cannon thundered in the South,
        　　And with the sound
        　　The carols drowned
        　　Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
        　　It was as if an earthquake rent
        　　The hearth-stones of a continent,
        　　And made forlorn
        　　The households born
        　　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!"