Sometimes the bells are rung half-muffled for the death of the old year, then the muffles are removed to ring without muffling to mark the birth of the new year. It is an accepted English custom to ring English Full circle bells to ring out the old year and ring in the new year over midnight on New Year's Eve. According to the local story, Tennyson was staying at High Beach in the vicinity and heard the bells being rung on New Year's Eve. Published in 1850, the year he was appointed Poet Laureate, it forms part of In Memoriam, Tennyson's elegy to Arthur Henry Hallam, his sister's fiancé who died at the age of 22.Īccording to a story widely held in Waltham Abbey, and repeated on many websites (see two examples below), the 'wild bells' in question were the bells of the Abbey Church. "Ring Out, Wild Bells" is a poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. For the Australian television play, see Ring Out Wild Bells (Wednesday Theatre).
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