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ANIMERNNR!lp--1 1 1' I'.11 I1! ■ TO THE NEW YEAR. BY MRS. M'MUIXAN. Thou art not drest in Spring's reviving hue Nor Summer drapery of etherial blue Aurumn's rich mantle is not on thy form;- But winter hails thee from the halls of storm. War's sounding bugle wakes no echoing strain, But Peace salutes thee on the whiten'd plain! In seothing carols breathett her grateful vow, And weaves an olive chaplet for thy brow. Then come, mild Spirit of the New-born Year, Banish each sigh, and dry Misfortune's tear. Give Hope's lair visions to the anxious breast, Tiring present joy, and be in future blest. Let not the traces of thy rapid flight Stain Britain's day-star with the gloom of night— Let not the garland of the peasant's mirth Become dark cypress on his lowly hearth- Let not thy memory be in grief obscured, Nor tiiy events in misery immured. Thy predecessor Riark'd his dreary reign With deepest anguish, and with hopeless pain Reft from Britannia's crown the brightest gem, And pluck'd the sale leaf from the parent-stem; Veil'd Hope's warm wishes in a murky cloud, Till to Despair each sweet expectance bowed Come, then, though cradled on a mount of snow, Though ice-wrought arrows and a frozen bow Attend thy birth, yet may thy hours swift wing Ileal wintry sadness with the smile of Spring Blest by the rich, and welcomed by the poor, Promise of joy to Britain's land restore. Let not young Love, nor frighten'd Friendship think Thy hand will wither every sacred link. If in the heart one form beloved is kept, If o'er one hallow'd name true love has ewpt, I If o'sr one relic midnight tears are shed, j If from the soul earth's dearest bliss has fled- Oh bring a solace from the fount above,- A balm extracted from Elysian love Time swift ambassador, 'twixt God and man, Design's great parent, soul of ev'ry plan, Thy periods from the birth-day to the grave Successive follow as the restless wave Breaks into liquid fragments on the shore, Then mingles with the ocean as before i iijjSo*

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