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I Heard the Bells

Now as you return toyour place at the table, would you pleasejoin me in warmly...

Now as you return to
your place at the table, would you please
join me in warmly acknowledging those responsible
for tonight's feast?

Full Transcript

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Now as you return to your place at the table,
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would you please join me in warmly
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acknowledging those responsible for tonight's feast?
Duration
10 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:50
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.
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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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[CRASH]
The pages of thy book, I read. - I Heard the Bells 00:07
The pages of thy book, I read.