<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 26pt; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: rgb(112, 173, 71);">Christmas Bells</span></b><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow</div><div><span style="color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; background-color: white; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; background-color: white; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">"I heard the bells on Christmas Day </span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(72, 72, 72);"><span style="background-color: white;">Their old familiar carols play, </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And wild and sweet </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">The words repeat </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Of peace on earth, good-will to men! </span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">And thought how, as the day had come, </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">The belfries of all Christendom </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Had rolled along </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">The unbroken song </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Of peace on earth, good-will to men! </span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">Till, ringing, singing on its way, </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">The world revolved from night to day, </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">A voice, a chime </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">A chant sublime </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Of peace on earth, good-will to men! </span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">Then from each black accursed mouth </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">The cannon thundered in the South, </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And with the sound </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">The carols drowned </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Of peace on earth, good-will to men! </span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">It was as if an earthquake rent </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">The hearth-stones of a continent, </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And made forlorn </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">The households born </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Of peace on earth, good-will to men! </span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">And in despair I bowed my head; </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">"There is no peace on earth," I said; </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">"For hate is strong, </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And mocks the song </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Of peace on earth, good-will to men!" </span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">Then pealed the bells more loud and deep: </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">"God is not dead; nor doth he sleep! </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">The Wrong shall fail, </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">The Right prevail, </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">With peace on earth, good-will to men!" </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div>—————————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></body></html>