Methodist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#621

621. 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.

2 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.

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

4 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.

5 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.

6 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 sky
• Author: Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1809-1892
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: Seasons and Occasions; Year, Close of the

Tune Information

• Name: HALLEY
• Composer: F. Agnes Johnston
• Meter: L.M.
• Key: C Major