Thursday, January 1, 2009

Happy 2009!

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light:
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Ring out the grief that saps the mind,
For those that here we see no more;
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind.
Ring out a slowly dying cause,
And ancient forms of party strife;
Ring in the nobler modes of life,
With sweeter manners, purer laws.
Ring out the want, the care, the sin,
The faithless coldness of the times;
Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes,
But ring the fuller minstrel in.
Ring out false pride in place and blood,
The civic slander and the spite;
Ring in the love of truth and right,
Ring in the common love of good.
Ring out old shapes of foul disease;
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace.
-from "In Memoriam"
by Alfred Tennyson

I wish all of you an abundance of Peace, Love and Joy in the new year!


6 comments:

  1. Happy New Year to you too!
    Cool Dolls!

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  2. Wishing you all Good Things for 2009, Cynthia :)

    Love the Tennyson.

    Susie

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  3. Have a wondrous, healthy, happy new year!

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  4. Hello Cynthia,
    I've just given you a Fabulous Blog Award.
    Hugs,
    Susie

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