Wasted Time

Alono, in ibe liar.k nd silent nlght, Wit h the heiivy tluniülii olft viiüislnJ year Wlicn ovil deed ctm bhsk tfl hï li t. . And giiod desda wit li a welcome ei eer Alone with apeitrè uf tlie past. Thnt come jfitli the "1(1 ytar s ilyin? chime, ThiT. filomns oue ihadow drk aaa vust, T6e sluulowof Wasled Tiüie. The chancos of ha,ipine-s cast, sway, The opptirtunlties nnver Sotight, The'good rtsolves thnt eviM-y dy Hnve died in 'li' impoencf t Ihoueht ; The sloiv nrlv.mce nncl the backwiTd step In the rugücfl path we havestri r-n toclimb; H„iv thev furrowtlie lirow nnd pale the lip, WhenVe talk with VVasted Time. Wlint are we mr,! what hnd wo been Had we hoaráed time :is the miser's L;old, Btrivitig imei Fo win, Througl the sumtner's heat nnd the win ter's celd; Shrinking l'roni nought that the world could do; Fearing nouaht but the touch of crime; Laborinif st.intrg-H nr at) sensons t.hruugh, And knowiiig nu Wasted Time? W])o i-hnll reenll tlie vanished ycars ? Who shull hold thie -hbing tide. That leaves us r. -morse, und slianie andttura, And waahes away al! ihinga beside 1 Whosliall trive us the stiv-ngth e'cn now, To leive forever this holidav rime. To shake fl tliis sloth from hari and brow, And battle -wi'h Wasted Time ? The years that pa9 come not ngai 1, The thinB that die no life renew; But e'en frum th rust f hie canUeiing chnin A golden l.-uth is glimmering th:otisli : That to hini who leii'rns from errors pust, And turna nway with strengt h sublime, Aud makes encli year outdo the last, There is no Wasted Time.