As ye enter with the new year,
Young or old, be brave at heart—
Life hath need of faithful service,
And each soul must bear its part;
Sweeter than a nation’s praises
For high deeds of valor done
Is the simple joy of duty,
Is the peace from victory won.
COLUMBUS
A Fragment
Brave Columbus! Did the Builder
Show to you his wondrous plan,
And inspire in you the courage
To reveal it unto man?
History shows no braver hero,
Living, or beneath the sod—
Shows no greater self-denial,
Shows no deeper faith in God.
LOST DAYS
We never can recall a day;
When it is past, it rolls away
Into the lap of time.
We might as well attempt to sow
Our seed amid the falling snow,
And hope for fruitage rare,
As, life’s bright spring of action o’er,
Amid the present’s din and roar
Strive to reclaim the past.
Though we should call, with sobs of pain,
For the old year to come again,
In vain would be our cry.
Full many a fault we would correct,
And many a scrawl we would reject,
Were we to write anew.