Ring out, Wild Bells - A New Year's song

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lyrics by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, music by Alana Levandoski

Tennyson wrote a requiem for his friend Arthur Henry Hallam entitled In Memoriam. This poem is a part of that masterpiece. Alana Levandoski put it to music on December 29, 2017, holding the tension of the violence, political discord, dualism and strife that is growing but also holding the great fertility and resiliency of the planet and the love at the heart of all hearts.

Meditate with Ring out, Wild Bells music as you ring in the new year and ask what your heart yearns for most of all. It is in the yearning itself that the Divine finds a sincere place to reside. Ring out, wild bells.

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, and 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 the grief that saps the mind
For those that here we see no more;
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind.

Ring out a slowly dying cause,
And ancient forms of party strife;
Ring in the nobler modes of life,
With sweeter manners, purer laws.

Ring out the want, the care, the sin,
The faithless coldness of the times;
Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes
But ring the fuller minstrel in.

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 out old shapes of foul disease;
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace.

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.
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Incredibly beautiful. Thank you for leading us into the new year of hope.

victoriarandall
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This is the best version of this song on YouTube. Truly sublime.

PierzStyx
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I learned this poem over sixty years ago. First time I have heard it with music. Think I like it.

susanbarlow
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This is wonderful and so perfect for these years....

dbeatty
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Brilliant rendering of Tennyson's powerful poem. Thank you. I discovered it at the end of 2018 and loved it then but this year it seems even more apt.
PS. I posted it on FB and it's already been shared by 3 of my friends.

victoriaquade
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My new favourite "New Year" hymn. Thanks!

gcorriveau
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I agree with PierzStyx. This is hands down the best version I've listened to. Thanks Alana. Happy New Year! I posted it on my Facebook page so others could enjoy it. Update. Being shared widely. Here's a bit of a conversation.
Peter Coppelman
Thank you for this. I have sent it as a New Years present to all my friends around the country.
Bob Burrows
I'll tell the composer. I also posted the poem on my FB page and it is also being shared widely. So thank you! Happy New Year!
Peter Coppelman
Brilliant the way he/she uses the opening stanza as a chorus.

RobertBurrowsJL
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Love this version. You just nail it for me. Thank you!

JohnFishWright
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Beautiful...it truly inspired my heart to sing with new courage for 2019.
We are so blessed with God’s cocreatorrs as they keep poetry and song alive for the next generation. Thank you

marijkedallimorelindsay
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I was looking for this. Heard it last year, and I loved it! It's so appropriate for our times, and also a personal balm for me after a difficult year. Thank you.

sallyrich
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I'm really liking this version of Tennyson's poem... thank you

michaelalanbells
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Thanks Alana !! Have a Fabulous New Year !!

carltrinkwon
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This happens to be one of my favorite hymns. Most people are a little turned off because the original is in a minor key and somewhat sober in tone. Thank you for your cover. It is surprising upbeat while keeping the spirit of Tennyson's words. I never thought I would say that about a blue grass version of a church hymn. Well done.

scottpendley
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GRACIAS POR COMPARTIR ESTE POEMA TAN NECESARIO HOY DIA!!!

Milagritos
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May I use this video for our online church service which is livestreamed?

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