NEW YEAR MEDITATIONS.
_. Upon the threshold of the year. Expectantly we stand, And as the old Janus did of yore, O’erlook the year at hand, And wonder what its joys will be, Its sorrows, pain and care, That it will bring us pleasures great, Is e’er our earnest prayer.
Then gazing back o’er vanished years, To which we say good-bye, Wo think of all the joys now flown. And give a longing sigh, White wondering if future years Will bring so many joys. Will not be’ so light of heart, A- happy girls and boys.
Although, perchance, some deeper joy© Will come into our hearts ; Perhaps it may be love’s aweet charm, Which e’er sweet place imparts. It maybe, oh, so many things In which we may rejoice, And anxiously we pray and wait, To hear- the prophet’s voice.
To tell ws whether grief or joy, To us the year shall bring, And whether we shall weep and sigh Ox thankful praises sing. ■Farewell : farewell, oh I fleeting year, W® never will forget The happy days thou hast bestowed And we will love thee yet.
And though reluctantly we part. As thou must go away, The memory of thy joyous hours, Within our mind© will stay. And oli.'!, approaching New .Year, please, Sweet blessings e’er bestow, And let us, if it be God’s will, No pain or sorrow knQw, .
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume VI, Issue 11, 28 January 1905, Page 2 (Supplement)
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229NEW YEAR MEDITATIONS. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume VI, Issue 11, 28 January 1905, Page 2 (Supplement)
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