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First Line: Take a month of praise, and a month of prayer
Last Line: Will come a glorious year.
Subject(s): Holidays; New Year


Take a month of praise, and a month of prayer,
And a month of earnest thought,
And a month of labor free from care,
At the Upper Market bought.

Repeat the measure once and again,
And over the flame of love
Set the savory dish until angels and men
Its odor of grace approve.

And while it is winning the heart of the fire,
Toss in a morsel of mirth,
And a cordial made of a high desire
Grown sweet from the sky and earth.

And stir it and stir it with vigor amain,
Nor mind the fall of a tear,
For out of the joy and the toil and the pain
Will come a glorious year.





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