The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1863-01-08
JANUARY Ist, 1868.

p,,orr with the opening Of this Now Years ua"",
The Carrier Boy with Kindly greeting warm
And ba,,eniuy footsteps 10 your friendly aoor' :.
Ringing his simple rhymes, returns once moro i
Lingering moment only, to remind
nj. Patron Friends how swift times goiueh 'Anu'
Have onward rolled, and brought Hnother !ea'
Tn Ito sad close. And while with trembling rear
He kindly asks fromeach for service due'
A triaing recompense, to cheer ahe"
pis weary arduous toll will sill press on .g.
Asitrue and fai,hf full asin days bygonc'
Vet ere part, In rich abundance SWeh'
waul osk for YOU the choices gifts of Heaven:
A life EXEMPT from sorrows dark'nlnZ gloom
Tie p,th with thornless aowercts brightly @re"h'
That health, and Joy, and happinessand peace
MAY crown each hope ill time with yon shall cease
How soon the year Its annual round has run
Seemingly ending, ere twas scarce begun
So ,wiil times chariot wheelshave coRseess 'oleu'
And weeks and months sped pact, with rapid "h'r'
The seasons too, with quick, successive haS'''
with nj, their VARYING &C enes. have fitted past'
Nm sooner had the buds and flowers of spring.
In opening beauty, brought their oher'hg
nt frsyrouee sweet; with the glad, gushing strains
ursongsters warbling; and along the plains
From Itsiocbound source, murmuring now so free'
The rippiiug strcamlet, danced on Joyousiy'
Amid The dewy rre shness of the emerald glade,
More rich and beauteous by it's presence maze;
AoJ ,ha brivLt leaflets from Ga ach shrub and tree,
Smiled their sweet'welcome; than impercept'biy,
The summer,s sunshine, with its sparkling showers
Fitted with bounding step, ,thro' all Its boWers
dancing oter hill and dale In spOrtive glee;
Giving richer tnge-a deeper dye ..
To their bright coloriug while its lengthensd days
And Lalmier nights; inintcrmngled lays
ofcharming notes, all varying appear,
To make this seem the loveliost Of the year
Then Autumn hasted with Its gorgeous views
or scarlet, gold, and crimson tinted hues'
All blendidg gaily with the scfe aud brown,
So beautifully bright I'LL one by one
Each faded leaf, swept by the scathng blast
AN widely scattered, mingles with the dust
While over all the desolate plain
That teemed so late with shocks of waving grain,
Aud golden harvests; safely gathered home
With fruits delicious; now stern wlnlerslhrown
Its virgin mantle 'round, and bleak and drear
The North wind whistles through the forests bare
While on each rock aud hill, like diamonds bright
The snow FAX kcs gIittar In tho SUMS clear light
Andthe pale stars and moDnbeams nightly keep
Their silent watch, while earth snd nature sleep.
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Thus seasons pass, and lifs's brief years gue oh'
Bearing us forward 10 that silent borne
From whence there's no return Anu awe "A''0
rsit not wise to talk with hours gone Pas'f
Aud ask them what report they've oorne 10 heaven
Whether with humble trust we've 'al'hio' s'rven
To walk In virtue'sways, ana sought 70 "'e'u
An influence for good-whether win earne" zea''
We've aimed to keep our llfe's great end In vie"
Aud done to others as we'd have others 40
Though hope with buoyant wlng' 'hrougn Snii''S an
tears
BoSkons US onward; aud the way appears.
All overcast with threatening clouds ana s'or"s'
Which gatherisg blackness' every rear a'"''"''