Page:Thirty poems (IA thirtypoems00bryarich).pdf/43

This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
A SONG FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE.
37
Even while we sing he smiles his last
And leaves our sphere behind.
The good old year is with the past;
Oh be the new as kind!
    Oh stay, oh stay,
One parting strain, and then away.