The New Year

I asked the New Year for some motto sweet,

Some rule of life by which to guide my feet;

I asked and paused. It answered soft and low;

“God’s Will to know.”

Will knowledge, then, suffice, New Year? I cried;

But ere the question into silence died,

The answer came; “Nay this remember, too—

God’s Will to do.”

Once more I asked: “Is there still more to tell?”

And once again the answer sweetly fell:

“Yea, this one thing all other things above—

God’s Will to love.”

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