Thursday 31 December 2020

Hopeful New Year

 


New Year met me somewhat sad:
Old Year leaves me tired,
Stripped of favourite things I had
Baulked of much desired:
Yet farther on my road to-day
God willing, farther on my way.

New Year coming on apace
What have you to give me?
Bring you scathe, or bring you grace,
Face me with an honest face;
You shall not deceive me:
Be it good or ill, be it what you will,
It needs shall help me on my road,
My rugged way to heaven, please God.

Christina Rossetti Old & New Year

Delete/ignore the invocations to God, who has been notably absent or impotent this year, and endorse the wish for honesty and no deceptive pronouncements.   Here's hoping for a somewhat better 2021.  All good wishes as New Year rings in.#




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