Analysis of On The New Year

FATE now allows us,

'Twixt the departing

And the upstarting,
Happy to be;
And at the call of

Future and perish'd
Moments we see.

Seasons of anguish,--

Ah, they must ever

Truth from woe sever,
Love and joy part;
Days still more worthy

Soon will unite us,

Fairer songs light us,
Strength'ning the heart.

We, thus united,

Think of, with gladness,

Rapture and sadness,
Sorrow now flies.
Oh, how mysterious

Old the connection,

New-born the prize!

Thank, for this, Fortune,

Thank all that kindly
Fate may bestow!
Revel in change's

Love far sincerer,
More heartfelt glow!

Over the old one,

Sad and dejected,
Others may view;
But, on us gently

Shineth a true one,

And to the new one
We, too, are new.

As a fond couple

'Midst the dance veering,

First disappearing,
Then reappear,
So let affection

Guide thro' life's mazy

Pathways so hazy
Into the year!