To rise at morn as blythe as little child; To keep my spirit unafraid and undefiled; To do the Martha-tasks with sunny heart; And yet with Mary seek the better part; To aid the worthy causes of my day; To do the right not asking, "Does it pay?" To raise the falling or to hear a call In name of Him who heeds the sparrow's fall; To live in faith of God's eternal good And help to bring it: These the things that should Fill in my task another Happy Year! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE POET (2) by ISAAC ROSENBERG IN THE HOME STRETCH by ROBERT FROST ODE TO TRANQUILLITY by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE HE FELL AMONG THIEVES by HENRY JOHN NEWBOLT DARBY AND JOAN by FREDERIC EDWARD WEATHERLY THE COLLAR-BONE OF A HARE by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |