Ring out the old, ring in the new,

Ring, happy bells, across the snow!

Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892): In Memoriam. cv. Stanza 2.

Ring in the valiant man and free,

The larger heart, the kindlier hand!

Ring out the darkness of the land,

Ring in the Christ that is to be!

Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892): In Memoriam. cv. Stanza 8.

Ring out old shapes of foul disease,

Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;

Ring out the thousand wars of old,

Ring in the thousand years of peace!

Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892): In Memoriam. cv. Stanza 7.

Ring in the valiant man and free,

The larger heart, the kindlier hand!

Ring out the darkness of the land,

Ring in the Christ that is to be!

Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892): In Memoriam. cv. Stanza 8.

Thy rare gold ring of verse (the poet praised)

Linking our England to his Italy.

Robert Browning (1812-1890): The Ring and the Book. The Pope. Line 873.

Rich and rare were the gems she wore,

And a bright gold ring on her wand she bore.

Thomas Moore (1779-1852): Rich and rare were the Gems she wore.

Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes,

But ring the fuller minstrel in!

Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892): In Memoriam. cv. Stanza 5.

Ring out old shapes of foul disease,

Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;

Ring out the thousand wars of old,

Ring in the thousand years of peace!

Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892): In Memoriam. cv. Stanza 7.

Ring in the valiant man and free,

The larger heart, the kindlier hand!

Ring out the darkness of the land,

Ring in the Christ that is to be!

Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892): In Memoriam. cv. Stanza 8.

Ring out old shapes of foul disease,

Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;

Ring out the thousand wars of old,

Ring in the thousand years of peace!

Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892): In Memoriam. cv. Stanza 7.

Ring out the old, ring in the new,

Ring, happy bells, across the snow!

Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892): In Memoriam. cv. Stanza 2.

Ring out old shapes of foul disease,

Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;

Ring out the thousand wars of old,

Ring in the thousand years of peace!

Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892): In Memoriam. cv. Stanza 7.

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky!

Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892): In Memoriam. cv. Stanza 1.

  Ham.  Is this a prologue, or the posy of a ring?

  Oph.  'T is brief, my lord.

  Ham.  As woman's love.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Hamlet. Act iii. Sc. 2.

Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes,

But ring the fuller minstrel in!

Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892): In Memoriam. cv. Stanza 5.

Be the day never so long,

Evermore at last they ring to evensong.

John Heywood (Circa 1565): Proverbes. Part ii. Chap. vii.