Birds and All Nature, Vol. VII, No 1, January 1900

<h2><SPAN name="OLD_YEAR_AND_YOUNG_YEAR" id="OLD_YEAR_AND_YOUNG_YEAR"></SPAN> OLD YEAR AND YOUNG YEAR.</h2> <div class="poetry-container"> <div class="poetry"> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse ac">I.</div> <div class="verse">Said the year that was old:</div> <div class="verse">"I am cold, I am cold,</div> <div class="verse">And my breath hurries fast</div> <div class="verse">On the wild winter blast</div> <div class="verse">Of this thankless December;</div> <div class="verse">Ah, who will remember</div> <div class="verse">As I, shivering, go,</div> <div class="verse">The warmth and the glow</div> <div class="verse">That arose like a flame</div> <div class="verse">When I came, when I came?</div> <div class="verse">For I brought in my hands,</div> <div class="verse">From Utopian lands,</div> <div class="verse">Golden gifts, and the schemes</div> <div class="verse">That were fairer than dreams.</div> <div class="verse">Ah, never a king</div> <div class="verse">Of a twelvemonth, will bring</div> <div class="verse">Such a splendor of treasure</div> <div class="verse">Without stint or measure,</div> <div class="verse">As I brought on that day,</div> <div class="verse">Triumphant and gay.</div> <div class="verse">But, alas, and alas,</div> <div class="verse">Who will think as I pass,</div> <div class="verse">I was once gay and bold?"</div> <div class="verse">Said the year that was old.</div> </div> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse ac">II.</div> <div class="verse">Said the year that was young&mdash;</div> <div class="verse">And his light laughter rung&mdash;</div> <div class="verse">"Come, bid me good cheer,</div> <div class="verse">For I bring with me here</div> <div class="verse">Such gifts as the earth</div> <div class="verse">Never saw till my birth;</div> <div class="verse">All the largess of life,</div> <div class="verse">Right royally rife</div> <div class="verse">With the plans and the schemes</div> <div class="verse">Of the world's highest dreams.</div> <div class="verse">Then&mdash;hope's chalice filled up</div> <div class="verse">To the brim of the cup,</div> <div class="verse">Let us drink to the past,</div> <div class="verse">The poor pitiful past,"</div> <div class="verse">Sang the year that was young,</div> <div class="verse">While his light laughter rung.</div> <div class="verse ar">&mdash;<i>Nora Perry.</i></div> </div></div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[Pg 2]</SPAN></span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />