September 11th

[shipperx]

:

...
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...

~Alfred Tennyson

Comments

[vs-in-nj.livejournal.com]

I'm remembering. I live 20 outside of NYC.

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

What a beautiful poem and wonderful sentiment.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

I couldn't think of anything to say, so I decided to reach for Tennyson.