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First Line: They say that the year is old and gray
Last Line: Comes merrily in to-morrow.
Subject(s): Holidays; New Year


THEY say that the Year is old and gray,
That his eyes are dim with sorrow;
But what care we, though he pass away?
For the New Year comes to-morrow.

No sighs have we for the roses fled,
No tears for the vanished summer;
Fresh flowers will spring where the old are dead,
To welcome the glad newcomer.

He brings us a gift from the beautiful land
We see, in our rosy dreaming,
Where the wonderful castles of fancy stand
In magical sunshine gleaming.

Then sing, young hearts that are full of cheer,
With never a thought of sorrow;
The old goes out, but the glad young year
Comes merrily in to-morrow.





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