After losing one wife, then his second wife of 6 children, Longfellow wrote after his son was hurt in the civil war......
I hear 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.
I thought how, as the day had come,
The belfries of a Christendom
Had rolled along th'unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good will to men.
And in despair I bowed my head:
"There is no peach on earth," I said,
"For hate is strong and mocks the song
Of peace of 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."
His faith after all the sorrows he suffered in this life are an inspiration to me that I will remain faithful regardless of how I may suffer at times and that he is always there for me.
After losing one wife, then his second wife of 6 children, Longfellow wrote after his son was hurt in the civil war......
I hear 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. I thought how, as the day had come, The belfries of a Christendom Had rolled along th'unbroken song Of peace on earth, good will to men. And in despair I bowed my head: "There is no peach on earth," I said, "For hate is strong and mocks the song Of peace of 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."
His faith after all the sorrows he suffered in this life are an inspiration to me that I will remain faithful regardless of how I may suffer at times and that he is always there for me.
One of my favorite Christmas songs, and despite the two months solid of repetitive holiday tunes on the radio, one which I seldom hear.
Unlike "All I want for Christmas is you", which I'd be happy to never hear again...
This is a profound post fren. Thank you for remembering to us the gift of Christ's birth in this difficult spring.