Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -1864 - My favorite American Poet!

“And in despair I bow'd 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.”

"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day"

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Massachusetts, 1864