Don't Give Up on the New Year (January 7, 1921)

 

Don't Give Up on the New Year

by Frank L. Lent

Greenwich News & Graphic

January 7, 1921

Don't give up on the New Year,

Or get discouraged, friend;

Clean off the slate and start the date,

Why wait for times to mend?

Skies may be bright tomorrow,

Though clouds obscure today,

Make dreams come true, it beckons you,

For that's the only way.

Resolve to strive to conquer;

There's no such word as fail.

With faith to guide and manly pride,

Hard though the woes assail.

Don't give up like a weakling,

Or whine at follies past,

Nor loosen hold ere life is cold,

But grip it firm and fast.

What if the gossips babble,

Or cast a slurring sneer,

Or fortune's smile is hid a while,

And sore disaster's near.

Let love, not malice, waken,

And cease to constant sign,

Each kindly deed is like a seed,

That ripens by and by.

Learn thus to do our duty,

And never lag behind;

Lose sight of self, all lustful pell,

And boundless wealth you'll find.

Don't give up on the New Year,

Just when the daylight dawns,

And lifts the pall of night for all,

And cheers the heart that mourns.