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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 hearthstones 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!"

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KAMBALU.

INTO the city of Kambalu,

By the road that leadeth to Ispahan,

At the head of his dusty caravan,

Laden with treasure from realms afar,

Baldacca and Kelat and Kandahar,

Rode the great captain Alau.

The Khan from his palace-window gazed, And saw in the thronging street beneath,

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