"January First" by Robert Hoosick Washburne (1911)

January First.

BY ROBERT HOOSICK WASHBURNE.

The old year now is past

        With all its cares

        And answered prayers,

        Its loss and gain,

        Sunshine and rain,

The year has gone at last.

The new year is begun,

        So full of cheer,

        Of friendship dear,

        Of hopes for good,

        Of plans that should

Foretell its tasks well done.

Troy Times. December 30, 1911: 7 col 1.