A
HAPPY
NEW YEAR

 

image of winter scene with snow on ground, robin and snow covered house

A NEW YEAR,
'TIS A PLEASENT TIME
RECALLING
RECOLLECTIONS DEAR
SWEETLY TO MEMORY
IT DOTH CHIME
AS IF IT BROUGHT
PAST SEASONS NEAR

A NEW YEAR
THEN THE OLD ONE'S PAST
WITH ALL ITS SORROWS
AND ITS TEARS
BUT ITS REMEMBRANCE
LONG SHALL LAST
FAR, FAR BEYOND
THESE ROLLING YEARS

 

Signed: "T.STEVENS COVENTRY" on back at pointed end: