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Poem
January 22, 1762
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
An ode contemplating the end of the old year and dawn of the new, likening life's cycles to seasons, and advising to seize the present moment amid uncertainties of fate.
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AN ODE written on NEW YEAR'S DAY.
The setting Year in Shades of Night,
Has hid its Head from Mortals Sight,
And like a Dream is fled :
Past Joys or Griefs, whose Pow'rs controul
And drive with rapid Sway the Soul,
Are mingled with the Dead.
Lo ! a New Year with dawning Ray,
Its blushing Face does now display :
Propitious may it shine !
If Health, if Peace, if Competence
Their balmy Blessings still dispense,
Each earthly bliss is thine.
As Summer Winter, Winter Spring,
And Spring the Summer on does bring,
So rolls the Round of Life :
The Year's Vicissitudes display
(Just Emblems of the human Day)
A pleasing anxious Strife.
Who knows if over-ruling Fate.
Another Year's protracted Date
May for thy Life prepare ?
Then use the present, while you can,
Its fleeting Moments wisely scan,
Nor trust a future Year.
The setting Year in Shades of Night,
Has hid its Head from Mortals Sight,
And like a Dream is fled :
Past Joys or Griefs, whose Pow'rs controul
And drive with rapid Sway the Soul,
Are mingled with the Dead.
Lo ! a New Year with dawning Ray,
Its blushing Face does now display :
Propitious may it shine !
If Health, if Peace, if Competence
Their balmy Blessings still dispense,
Each earthly bliss is thine.
As Summer Winter, Winter Spring,
And Spring the Summer on does bring,
So rolls the Round of Life :
The Year's Vicissitudes display
(Just Emblems of the human Day)
A pleasing anxious Strife.
Who knows if over-ruling Fate.
Another Year's protracted Date
May for thy Life prepare ?
Then use the present, while you can,
Its fleeting Moments wisely scan,
Nor trust a future Year.
What sub-type of article is it?
Ode
What themes does it cover?
Nature Seasons
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
New Year
Passing Time
Life Cycles
Seasons Emblem
Carpe Diem
Poem Details
Title
An Ode Written On New Year's Day.
Subject
New Year's Day
Key Lines
Then Use The Present, While You Can,
Its Fleeting Moments Wisely Scan,
Nor Trust A Future Year.