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BORN UPON NEW YEAR'S DAY
Born with the glad New Year,
Thou bringest blessing, dear,—
Thou also makest all things bright and new:
Thoughts of spring's sunnier skies
Gleam soft within thine eyes,
And dreams of summer's dome of statelier blue.
Thou bringest blessing, dear,—
Thou also makest all things bright and new:
Thoughts of spring's sunnier skies
Gleam soft within thine eyes,
And dreams of summer's dome of statelier blue.
Thy birthday is a sign
Made evermore divine
To me, as unto man the New Year's birth:
A sign that God is good;
That bare-branched dreary wood
And grove will laugh once more with leafy mirth.
Made evermore divine
To me, as unto man the New Year's birth:
A sign that God is good;
That bare-branched dreary wood
And grove will laugh once more with leafy mirth.
A sign that once again
Summer will banish pain;
Thou art my ever-present New Year's day—
Thou art my sign from heaven,
My sweet one bright star given
To light a weary heart along the way.
Summer will banish pain;
Thou art my ever-present New Year's day—
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My sweet one bright star given
To light a weary heart along the way.
Be ever unto me
A New Year. As to thee
Thy birthday brought the New Year's light and shine,
Bring me an ever-true
Delight, an ever-new
Summer of hope in God and love divine.
A New Year. As to thee
Thy birthday brought the New Year's light and shine,
Bring me an ever-true
Delight, an ever-new
Summer of hope in God and love divine.
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