TO THE OLD YEAR

Old year, farewell!
Much have you given which was ill to bear:
Much have taken which was dear, so dear:
Much have you spoken which was ill to hear;
Echoes of speech first uttered deep in hell.

Pass now like some grey harlot to the tomb!
Yet die in child-birth, and from out of your womb
Leap the young year unsullied! He perchance
Shall bring to man his lost inhheritance.

F.W.Harvey

Wishing you all a very merry Christmas & a happy,
healthy and prosperous new year.

Roughyedbach