Old Year is out.
Laugh and make merry!
When you have your heart’s desire,
Turn about,
Remember the very
Poor
Who have no food or fire.
New Year is in.
Eat and be merry!
After you have drunk and fed,
Then begin
To think of the very
Poor
Who want for meat and bread.
“The New Book of Days” Eleanor Farjeon
On Tiffany Creek 