ORIGINAL POETRY.
HAPPY NEW YEAR. In the shadow of Hie night At the portal of the year. Hark the chimes the darkness smite Voicing earthward loud and clear— Happy New Ye*r! Faint, remote, and far away, Over vales of distant shires, Old Cathedral belfries gray Signal to surrounding spires— Happy New Year ! All the City's branching ways Throb with veins of festal light Round the injle's grateful blaze Fervent wishes friends uniteHappy New Year I Warm homeshearthborn incense springs From the hamlet and the halli Sweet the mallow joy-bell rings Benediction over all Happ) New Year Forrow hears and smiles apart, Mopes that falter'd now grow strong; Long still'd echoes of the heart Det'p reverberate the Bon^— Happy New Year! Fold the rc-ord, turn the leaf, Hail the future fo her throne; Love's *s true a* life is brief, iron ui on to joy* unknown— Happy New Year! Friends and brothel B proved and tried. In the Btr«»of year* gone by, Hand in hand, and side by side ."-well the poean pealing highHappy New Year' Oiye again your vows renew, Once more for the strife prepare. Nerved by faith and purpose true Love shall conquer timennd rar<>Hnppy New Year ! J. II B /o:.-\:-,n:. Ticre tibr: 3'.. IOM-
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New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 805, 31 December 1853, Page 2 (Supplement)
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207ORIGINAL POETRY. New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 805, 31 December 1853, Page 2 (Supplement)
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