Ring Out, Wild Bells (New Year's)

Poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892), published 1850, the year he was appointed Britain's Poet Laureate. Pubished 1880 with musical setting by famed French operatic composer ("Faust") Charles Gounod (1818-1893). Paintings by Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), eccentric, wildly luminous British artist.