Christmas Bells

Christmas Bells Glossary

belfries

a tower where bells hang

rent

split open; torn apart

forlorn

sad; melancholy

pealed

rang out loudly

doth

archaic form of "does"

prevail

win out in the end

sublime

awesome; exalted; beautiful

Christendom

the land where Christians live (in this case, the United States)

accursed

cursed; terrible

hearth-stones

homes

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