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    NEW YEAll's WISHES. 317

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    R» Christmas Is Over, And Christmas Chee...

    That virtue and learning , hand in hand , May fill her councils and rule her land ,

    That the sky of her life be bright above her , And her days be long with the lieges that love her .

    We'll wish that the Lords may pass good laws , And the Commons be strong in each righteous cause ,

    That Army and _Navy alike may be The best of defences by land and sea ,

    That every Bishop may rule in peace , Over a flourishing diocese ,

    And every pastor heartily strive To save the souls of his flock alive ;

    Tkat those who hunger in body or soul This year be fed with a Christian dole ,

    That the little children be taught to read , And a harvest reaped from the sower ' s seed .

    "We'll wish to the sickly the toughest of lives , To maidens husbands , —to bachelors wives , —

    That babes may increase in strength and grace , And bloom like flowers in their parents' face ,

    That the fool may grow wise ere he yet be old , And the purse that lacks find a store of gold ,

    And the hand that has it a "will to spend , And the heart that loveth not , grace to mend .

    "We'll wish for -workers of each degree , To earn and eat in prosperity ;

    Plenty of coals at the poor man ' s door , Plenty of grain on the farmer ' s floor ,

    Plenty of fees to the learned professions , Plenty of railways through landed possessions ,

    Plenty of cargoes brought home on the breeze By the quickest of ships on tlie calmest of seas ,

    Unpacked at the docks to the merchant ' s content , And sold in the market at fifty per cent .

    And . we wishoh dear reader , all jesting apart , , That mercy and love may grow strong in your _hearty

    That dearer than riches or what they can buy Be tlie creed which shall help you to live or to die .

    That whatever your portion of joy or of sorrow Meted out in the Year which is born with tomorrow ,,

    Its close shall behold you with common accord _( _Efcatkered into one fold , in the love of the Lord .

    The Editors ;

    New Yeall's Wishes. 317

    NEW YEAll ' s WISHES . 317

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1860, page 317, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011860/page/29/