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!
Alfred Tennyson
Where these words come from
- 85% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- In Memoriam, “Ring out, wild bells” stanza 7 (numbered cv in Bartlett); Bartlett, Familiar Quotations (1905)
- In Memoriam, “Ring out, wild bells” stanza 7 (numbered cv in Bartlett)
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