Verses In Vox
Verses In Vox
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"Christmas Bells" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
2 minutes Posted Dec 20, 2015 at 8:35 am.
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Written on Christmas Day in 1863 during the heat of the Civil War by American poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "Christmas Bells" is perhaps more well-known in the form of the Christmas carol "I Heard The Bells on Christmas Day". Organist John Baptiste Calkin set the poem to music in 1872 and it has been since performed and recorded by dozens of artists.