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Show jfiggjj Jry I T H the whirling ar, d 13D))3(KCN drifting of snows 'p'' Comes breathless the $Mij, wild New Year-, IHHOl While bitter north wind blows, O'er the fields that lie stark and drear. Yet hope is alight in her eyes As she looks from the heart of the storm, "Earth sleeps in her sltroud," she cries, "But the life in her heart is warm. "Death is but a dream of the night And the hymn of joy is begun, For slowly seeking the light The great globe turns to the sun. "Behold, I will bring delight In place of darkness and cold; Safe under the meadows so white Is hiding the buttercup gold. "And summer's spiendor t hall reign In place of the winter's dearth, Ker color and music ag-a'n Shall gladden the patient earth," Hark to the New Year's Voice. Through the murk of winter drear 1 Oh, children of men, rejoice 1 At the tidings of hope and choar. Celia Thaller. |