A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Five minutes to midnight! and thousands are keeping, , •\Vith hearts filled with hopes, and with memories AVith hearts half directed, "twixfc smiling and TheiTvig/l^to watcl> /or tJie Wrt!l of the year. Four minutes to mic^ght I how many reflections Are crowded at r. ice mt° moments of space, Soft regrets tuiaY"lln.^au^ f°nd recollections Of many a do'l and dearly ] °™1 'aoe. Three mimiH to midnight ■' and hushed are our Ami fu) our bosoms, ami silent our tread, ■Not vi f" 31' !1("v wee Ps> llot a younsfor rojoicos, ' 'Tis moment half poised between life and the ~,,„. minutes to midnight! the clock with its L" breathing, .vlone breaks the silence that reigneth around, .nil our minds and our souls are all tenderly wreathing The (lowers of fancy and hope at the sound. One minute to midnight I our hearts are quick beating, How sad is the \oy, yet how joyful the pain : One-minute to midnight! the moments arc; fleeting, Oh, who can recall them to being again ? Midnight I and the joy-bells peal forth from each steeple, Their jubilant chimes on the ear of the night. From the Queen on her throne to the least of her ■ people, May the past be still cherished, the future still bright.
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Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 304, 31 December 1870, Page 2
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211A HAPPY NEW YEAR! Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 304, 31 December 1870, Page 2
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