Song for the New Yeae(Ecerpt)

Eliza Cook

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！ Letus 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 andcheer 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.