Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GOOD-BYE, OLD YEAR, by MIRIAM DEL BANCO First Line: Good-bye, old year! For you and we must part Last Line: Our prayers to him above. Subject(s): Absence; Heaven; Holidays; Love; New Year; Prayer; Separation; Isolation; Paradise | ||||||||
Good-bye, Old Year! for you and we must part; We place a hand in thine in mute farewell; Our lips would fain reveal, but cannot tell The joy and pain that tremble through each heart. We look into thine eye We can but smile and sigh. Good-bye, Old Year! we leave thee with regret, For thou to us hast been a loving friend Hast scattered joys and blessings without end Hast given days whose sunbeams, even yet, On mem'ry's peaceful night Reflect a golden light. Good-bye, Old Year! we leave thee with content; We would not see again thy withered form; Oh, thou hast bared our hearts to many a storm Hast oft from Pain his ebon shadows lent; Hast made our hopes, so sweet, As dust beneath our feet! Good-bye, Old Year! and take to thine abode, To thy dread sepulcherthe vaults of Time The persecution, prejudice and crime That our poor brethren o'er the seas do goad; Take with thee all their pain, And turn not back again. Good-bye, Old Year! we gather flow'rs for thee, We robe thy form in white; for, in thine arms Full many a loved one, sheltered from all harms By Death's cold kiss, lies slumb'ring peacefully. Bear them to yon blue skies Bear them to Paradise. Good-bye, Old Year! step o'er life's checkered floor With dream and hope and aspiration sweet, With care and sorrow, trial and defeat; Our glances follow to the open door And watch thee fade from view While the Young Year steps through. Good-bye, Old Year! e'en thou, the child of Time, Must yield thy place and be no more of earth Must leave thy throne to one of later birth. For thee a thousand fragrant flow'r-bells chime. Bear, on the wings of love, Our prayers to Him above. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE END OF LIFE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#19): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND WINTER by MARVIN BELL THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SKELETON FOR MR. PAUL IN PARADISE; AFTER ALLAN GUISINGER by NORMAN DUBIE BEAUTY & RESTRAINT by DANIEL HALPERN HOW IT WILL HAPPEN, WHEN by DORIANNE LAUX IF THIS IS PARADISE by DORIANNE LAUX A DREAM OF LIFE by MIRIAM DEL BANCO A FLOW'RET IN THE GARLAND; FOR OUT GREAT CENTENARIAN by MIRIAM DEL BANCO |
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