With the dim and shadowy light,
Bring us dreams of bliss unending
In the Haven, calm and bright--
Oh! how sweet the thought--"for ever
'Mong the sinless _we_ shall stand,
There united, ne'er to sever,
In the bright and better land:"
And e'en then, refined and holy,
Free from earthly stain and sin,
Shall the pure heart, meek and lowly,
Wear the crown true love shall win.




NEW YEAR'S SONG.


"Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky.
The flying clouds, the frosty light;
The year is dying in the night--
Ring out, wild bells, and let it die!

"Ring out the Old; ring in the New!
Ring, happy bells, across the snow!
The year is going; let it go--
Ring out the false! ring in the truer!"--TENNYSON.


Oh! welcome! welcome! glad New Year!