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!"

　　注：亨利-沃兹沃思-朗费罗（1807-1820）是美国最伟大的诗人之一，出生于缅因州，毕业于鲍登学院，在马萨诸塞州的康桥度过他成年的大部分时间。

　　这首诗是亨利-沃兹沃思-朗费罗在1864年的圣诞节创作的，当时正处于美国内战时期。