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I Heard the Bells

Ladies and gentlemenof highest esteem, thank you for adorning ourhome with your lovely...

[LAUGHING] [BELL RINGING] Ladies and gentlemen
of highest esteem, thank you for adorning our
home with your lovely presence

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[BELL RINGING]
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Ladies and gentlemen of highest esteem,
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thank you for adorning our home with your lovely presence.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:41
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.
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,
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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,
Ladies and gentlemen, Senator Charles Sumner. - I Heard the Bells 00:05
Ladies and gentlemen, Senator Charles Sumner.
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Already enshrined as America's poet - I Heard the Bells 00:15
Already enshrined as America's poet
The New York Evening Post casts Longfellow - I Heard the Bells 00:08
The New York Evening Post casts Longfellow
Like Thomas Paine of the Revolution, - I Heard the Bells 00:14
Like Thomas Paine of the Revolution,
It was reported that over 10,000 copies of his works - I Heard the Bells 00:14
It was reported that over 10,000 copies of his works
[LAUGHS] So who is this man? - I Heard the Bells 00:06
[LAUGHS] So who is this man?
He is New England's very own Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. - I Heard the Bells 00:08
He is New England's very own Henry Wadsworth Longfellow...
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Smile, nod. - I Heard the Bells 00:05
Smile, nod.
Cheer and calm the wildest woe and stay the bitterest tear. - I Heard the Bells 00:07
Cheer and calm the wildest woe and stay the bitterest tear.
But even Henry Longfellow cannot stay those bitter tears when it - I Heard the Bells 00:11
But even Henry Longfellow cannot stay those bitter tears whe...
Longfellow's poems on slavery have helped - I Heard the Bells 00:08
Longfellow's poems on slavery have helped
I have chosen one of these poems to be - I Heard the Bells 00:14
I have chosen one of these poems to be
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Josiah Wilson. - I Heard the Bells 00:06
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Josiah Wilson.
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