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I Heard the Bells

How can you be fully devoted towriting if you are more fully devoted to reading your mail?

How can you be fully devoted to
writing if you are more fully devoted to reading your mail?

Full Transcript

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How can you be fully devoted to writing if you are more fully
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devoted to reading your mail?
Duration
7 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:58
Uploaded
Apr 26, 2025
Genres
biography, drama, family
Production
Sight & Sound Theatres

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Movie Summary

The inspiring story behind the writing of the beloved Christmas carol and its author, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Well, how am I to know the impact of my writing - I Heard the Bells 00:09
Well, how am I to know the impact of my writing
Well, I suppose I could read your diary instead. - I Heard the Bells 00:05
Well, I suppose I could read your diary instead.
To remain humble, I should stay home tonight, - I Heard the Bells 00:09
To remain humble, I should stay home tonight,
They are trying to flatter me into writing some national song - I Heard the Bells 00:08
They are trying to flatter me into writing some national son...
You should do it. - I Heard the Bells 00:06
You should do it.
Who will write the anthems for our children - I Heard the Bells 00:05
Who will write the anthems for our children
Frances Appleton Longfellow, artist extraordinaire! - I Heard the Bells 00:06
Frances Appleton Longfellow, artist extraordinaire!
I like my place in this world, tying your ties, - I Heard the Bells 00:13
I like my place in this world, tying your ties,
I'm hungry, and I want you to take me to a lovely banquet. - I Heard the Bells 00:07
I'm hungry, and I want you to take me to a lovely banqu...
Ye are better than all the ballads - I Heard the Bells 00:11
Ye are better than all the ballads
Ye are sweet, but we are late, so don't forget your coat. - I Heard the Bells 00:07
Ye are sweet, but we are late, so don't forget your coa...
And all this time I thought I was - I Heard the Bells 00:06
And all this time I thought I was
And indeed she has since forgiven me - I Heard the Bells 00:06
And indeed she has since forgiven me
Yes, I will write a fictional account of a factual maiden. - I Heard the Bells 00:05
Yes, I will write a fictional account of a factual maiden.
Thank you for inspiring me, Mr. Longfellow. - I Heard the Bells 00:05
Thank you for inspiring me, Mr. Longfellow.
[LAUGHING] - I Heard the Bells 00:12
[LAUGHING]
Now as you return to your place at the table, - I Heard the Bells 00:10
Now as you return to your place at the table,
[APPLAUSE] - I Heard the Bells 00:10
[APPLAUSE]
Chief among them a man who just five years ago lay near death - I Heard the Bells 00:09
Chief among them a man who just five years ago lay near deat...
Beaten with the cane of a slave-holding congressman, - I Heard the Bells 00:16
Beaten with the cane of a slave-holding congressman,