“And
ye, who have met with Adversity’s blast,
And been bow’d to the earth by its fury;
To
whom the Twelve Months, that have recently pass’d,
Were as harsh as a prejudiced jury,—
Still,
fill to the Future! and join in our chime,
The regrets of remembrance to cozen,
And
having obtained a New Trial of Time,
Shout in hopes of a kindlier dozen!”—British
poet Thomas Hood (1799-1845), “Anacreontic For the New Year”
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