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LORD ALFRED TENNYSON(1809-1892)
Ring Out, Wild Bells
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light:
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Lord Alfred Tennyson,
from "In Memoriam A.H.H."
An elegy to his sister's fiancé, Arthur Henry Hallum, who died at age 22; published in 1850, the year Tennyson was named poet laureate of England.
Learn more about Lord Alfred Tennyson at SFSU 
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ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER
(1880-1938)
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AN AMERICAN VISION:Henry Francis du Pont's
Winterthur MuseumSunday, February 18 - May 6, 2007
"Art belongs to the center,
not the periphery of life.
It is not the pastime of princes,
but a necessary language
of the human spirit."
Henry Francis du Pont (1880-1969)
Mark your calendars! MEMBERS-ONLY PREVIEW DAYSThursday - Saturday, February 15-17
Members receive free bonus tickets during Preview Days - save your member passes for another visit, or to share with a friend.
Learn about Member Preview Days 
Learn about the exhibition
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SACRED SOUNDS:
The Bells of Ancient China
They strike the bells solemnly,
They play their se and ch'in zithers,
The reed organs and musical stones
blend their sounds;
Accompanied by them,
they perform the ya and nan (dances).
They wield their flutes without error.
The Shih Ching, ode 208
Performed in a temple setting, clan ancestral hall, or formal banquet, music in Bronze Age China helped create an atmosphere in which humans could interact with spirits and deities. Bell music imparted cadence and gravitas to ritual conduct. The music from orchestral combinations of bronze bells, stone chimes, drums, flutes, and zithers was deemed potent enough to summon the ancestral spirits and encode the messages being communicated by the living.
Learn more about Sacred Sounds: The Bells of Ancient China
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TWELFTH NIGHT
OF CHRISTMAS
Twelfth Night was celebrated on Friday, January 5, 2007, and marks the end of medieval Christmas festivities and of Twelfthtide,
the 12-day season ending on the evening before Epiphany January 6, when the Wise Men appeared. The night is celebrated with feasting,
gifts and the last illumination of the Christmas lights.
Learn more about Adoration of the Magi at Wikipedia
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BIRTHDAY OF
PAUL REVEREBorn January 1, 1734
Silver
Slowly, silently, now the moon
Walks the night in her silver shoon;
This way, and that, she peers, and sees
Silver fruit upon silver trees;
One by one the casements catch
Her beams beneath the silvery thatch;
Couched in his kennel, like a log,
With paws of silver sleeps the dog;
From their shadowy cote the white breasts peep
Of doves in silver-feathered sleep;
A harvest mouse goes scampering by,
With silver claws and silver eye;
And moveless fish in the water gleam,
By silver reeds in a silver stream.
Walter de la Mare (1873-1956)
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Members often tell us that the MIA plays a special role in keeping them connected - to their culture and history, their artistic interests, and their family and friends. How has the museum kept you connected? Tell us about your favorite experiences at the MIA, or share your stories of meaningful moments and special memories you've created at the MIA with family or friends. Members responding by January 19 will be entered into a drawing to receive a $25 gift certificate from the Museum Shop.
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