On the Hills of the Morning I Saw Him
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919)
I saw on the hills of the morning,
The form of the
New Year arise,
He stood like a
statue adorning
The world with a
background of skies.
There were
courage and grace in his beautiful face,
And hope in his
glorious eyes.
“I come from
Time’s boundless forever”,
He said, with a
voice like a song,
“I come as a
friend to endeavour,
I come as a foe
to all wrong.
To the sad and
afraid I bring promise of aid,
And the weak I
will gird and make strong.”
“I bring you
more blessings than terrors,
I bring you more
sunlight than gloom,
I tear out your
page of old errors,
And hide them
away in Time’s tomb.
I reach you
clean hands, and lead on to the lands
Where the lilies
of peace are in bloom.”
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox wrote several poems
with the same title “New Year”. The above one was reproduced from the book
“Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox”, W.P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell,
Edinburgh, undated, probably 1917, 527 pages, see p. 434. It was published in
our associated websites on 06 August 2018.
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