The Army and Navy Hymnal/Hymns/Ring Out the Old, Ring In the New

by Alfred Tennyson(Waltham by John Baptiste Calkin)

For other versions of this work, see Waltham.

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Ring Out the Old, Ring In the New

(WALTHAM. L. M.)

Alfred Tennyson, 1850

J. Baptiste Calkin, 1872

1. 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.
   
2. Ring out a slowly dying cause,
   And ancient forms of party strife,
   Ring in the nobler modes of life,
   With sweeter manners, purer laws.
   
3. Ring out old shapes of foul disease ;
   Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
   Ring out the thou-sand wars of old,
   Ring in the thou-sand years of peace.
   
4. 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. Amen

Ring Out the Old, Ring In the New