GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



OF AMERICA 



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THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF 

 THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GARDENERS 



Devoted to tlie Science; of IloriciiUnre and Hcrticulture. 



THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK SUPERINTENDENTS. 



Devoted to Park Development ani Re' rcational Facilities. 



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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, 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 grief that saps the mind. 

 For those that here we see no more ; 

 Ring out the feud of rich and poor. 



Ring in redress for 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, — 



Ring in the Christ that is to be. 



Alfred Tennyson. 



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