Literature and Art 



125 



"Ring out, wild bells" 



Lesson 78 



THE NEW YEAR 



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: 



