How can the flowers bloom at my side,

Now winter fills my heart?

Only I hear the mocking tide
That bore our lives apart.

Hopes floating by us,

Sorrows to try us,

Drifting apart on the dark ocean's breast; Wherever they lead thee

I pray God may speed thee,

Till we shall meet in the ocean of rest.

NEW YEAR'S CAROL.

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NEW YEAR'S CAROL.

RE the daylight tints the snow
With the morning light,

One will come and one will go,

Passing in the night.

At the threshold of the door,

Youth and age will meet :

He who can return no more
Moves with weary feet.

Speed then the waning year,
Welcome the new,

Welcome the new!

By and by the bells will ring

With their clanging chimes;
Voices far and near will sing
Songs of bygone times:

Old and young will meet again :
With their smiles and tears;

Side by side are joy and pain

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As in former years.

Speed then the waning year,
Welcome the new,

Welcome the new!

NCE on a time I had a home;
We children used to play

And gambol round the dear old house,
Nor knew a dreary day;

The winged hours pass'd overhead

From care and trouble free;
Aye happier was my old, old home,
The home that used to be.

I parted from the much-loved spot,
I went the world to roam,

They said I should forget old things,
And make another home;

But O! 'tis not an easy task

To banish memory,

It is not like my old, old home,
The home that used to be.

They say there is a happier home
Far off beyond the skies,

A home that we shall look upon

With new and joyous eyes;

How can I love another home

Unlike what used to be?

May I not have my old, old home

E'en in Eternity?