New Year

 

New Year 

by  E. ELLIOTT 

WILL the New Year bring greetings 
Blithesome and gay?

Long-looked-for meetings, 

Joy's sunny day?

Father, we know not, 

Coming joys show not; 

Hear our entreatings, 

Choose Thou the way!

Will the New Year bring weeping, 

Sorrow's increase?

Will the New Year bring sleeping, 

Quiet release?

Father, most tender, 

We can but render 

All to Thy keeping; 

Grant us Thy peace.      

References:

1.FRIENDLY LEAVES 1881 EDITED BY ME TOWNSEND 1882

2.THE EVERY DAY BOOK OR Everlasting Calendar OF POPULAR AMUSEMENTS SPORTS PASTIMES CEREMONIES MANNERS CUSTOMS AND EVENTS INCIDENT TO EACH OF THE THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE DAYS IN PAST AND PRESENT TIMES FORMING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE YEAR MONTHS & SEASONS AND A PERPETUAL KEY TO THE ALMANACK INCLUDING ACCOUNTS OF THE WEATHER RULES FOR HEALTH AND CONDUCT REMARKABLE AND IMPORTANT ANECDOTES FACTS AND NOTICES IN CHRONOLOGY ANTIQUITIES TOPOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHY NATURAL HISTORY ART SCIENCE AND GENERAL LITERATURE DERIVED FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES AND VALUABLE ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH POETICAL ELUCIDATIONS FOR DAILY USE AND DIVERSION BY WILLIAM HONE ۱