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.