TO A DEAR FRIEND IN WORTHING.
THE old year wanes, oh, let it die
With all its trouble and its care,
A deathless name on history's page
Its mem'ries for us did prepare.
Watch and pray when another year
Is born to mark our narrow way;—
Oh! who amidst each thoughtless band
May see another Christmas Day?
With all its trouble and its care,
A deathless name on history's page
Its mem'ries for us did prepare.
Watch and pray when another year
Is born to mark our narrow way;—
Oh! who amidst each thoughtless band
May see another Christmas Day?
Bury the faults with the fading year,
Usher in a happier time;
Forget the past so false, untrue,
Remember justice, love divine;
Tread the paths of hope eternal,
Be watching ever, think and pray;—
Pilgrims of faith ye, speeding onward
To an endless Christmas Day.
Usher in a happier time;
Forget the past so false, untrue,
Remember justice, love divine;
Tread the paths of hope eternal,
Be watching ever, think and pray;—
Pilgrims of faith ye, speeding onward
To an endless Christmas Day.
