Alfred, Lord Tennyson, poet laureate of the United Kingdom

“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 / The year is going, let him go / Ring out the false, ring in the true.” (1850)

Aug. 6, 1809-Oct. 6, 1892