No one ever regarded the first of January with indifference.
Take all the pleasures of all the spheres, And multiply each through endless years,- One minute of heaven is worth them all.
I ask and wish not to appear More beauteous, rich or gay: Lord, make me wiser every year, And better every day.
Of all sound of all bells... most solemn and touching is the peal which rings out the Old Year.
No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count upon what is left. It is the nativity of our common Adam.