Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE OLD YEAR TO THE NEW, by CLINTON SCOLLARD


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First Line: The snows of death are drifting deep
Last Line: Save the long legacy of sleep!
Subject(s): Aging; Holidays; New Year


THE snows of death are drifting deep,
And I have nothing left to gain,
Save the long legacy of sleep
Beyond the reach of joy or pain.

But you, the lithe and strong of thew, --
For you the onward-luring star,
The splendors of the sun, -- for you
Youth's ardors that eternal are;

To note the spring's ecstatic stir,
The faint red maple-buds unclose;
To be the violet's worshiper,
And play the wooer to the rose;

To watch the swallow, swift of wing,
Soaring across the sky's blue nave;
To hear the minstrel oriole sing,
A rapture in each golden stave;

To know love's sweet companionship
Along the wonder-haloed height;
To press unto the eager lip
The purple fruitage of delight.

Yours the glad sowing of the grain,
The harvest happiness to reap;
While I have nothing left to gain,
Save the long legacy of sleep!





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