Ring Out, Ring In

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, 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 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.

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.

-- Words by Alfred Lord Tennyson, sung to
a tune by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Happy 2011 Everyone!!