I will have a new birthday to-day, A birth from the dark to the light, From the sad to the jubilant way, From weakness to masterful might. What matters the time I was born? New birth I now can attain: New life in this wakening morn, New hope, new heart, and new brain! Good-by to the outworn fears, Good-by to the ancient strife, Farewell to the doubts of hesitant years And the failure of olden life. I am done, this day I am done With the folly of cherished sin. I will stand upright, I will face the sun, And the angels may look within! For I do not stand alone. With thee, O Creator Christ, I seize the crown and I mount the throne, And assume the wealth unpriced. With thee, O Lord of all good! With thee, Inspirer of cheer! I dare and I grasp all that man ever could, And I enter my pristine year. New birth, imperial birth, New kingship of body and time, A fresh-made soul for a fresh-made earth, And joy in its blossoming prime! Irrevocably I go Forth, forth on the opening way, To achieve, to enjoy, to discover, to grow, For I take a new birthday -- to-day! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BEFORE SEDAN by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON ACCOUNTABILITY by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR EPIGRAM: 45. ON MY FIRST SON by BEN JONSON THE ENKINDLED SPRING by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE THE MAN WITH THE HOE by EDWIN MARKHAM |