A
Happy New
Year
(circle of flowers
with words:
A
Happy
New
Year
OLD TIME HAS TURNED
ANOTHER PAGE
OF ETERNITY AND TRUTH;
HE READS WITH A WARNING
VOICE TO AGE;
AND WHISPERS A LESSON
TO YOUTH.
A YEAR HAS FLED O'ER HEART
AND HEAD
SINCE LAST THE YULE LOG BURNT,
AND WE HAVE A TASK TO
CLOSELY ASK
WHAT THE BOSOM AND BRAIN
HAVE LEARNT?
OH, LET US HOPE THAT OUR
SANDS HAVE RUN
WITH WISDOM'S PRECIOUS GRAINS:
OH, MAY WE FIND THAT OUR
HANDS HAVE DONE
SOME WORK OF GLORIOUS PAINS:
THEN A WELCOME AND CHEER
TO THE MERRY NEW YEAR,
WHILE THE HOLLY GLEAMS
ABOVE US;
WITH A PARDON FOR THE FOES
WHO HATE,
AND A PRAYER FOR THOSE
WHO LOVE US:
ELIZA COOK
