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" Come back, Old Year, with thy burden bent. Come back and settle thine own dark debt." COME BACK OLD YEAR WITH THY BURDEN BENT COME BACK AND SETTLE THINE OWN DARK DEBT
r the palms and the mango-trees. More, still more ! Shoot em down Like brown jack-rabbits that scoot With comical leaps Out of the brush. No loot? No prisoners, then. As for these Hush! The flag that dreamed of delivering Shudders and droops like a broken wing. Silvery rice-fields whisper wide How for home and freedom their owners died. [31] BLOOD ROAD THE Old Year groaned as he trudged away, His guilty shadow black on the snow, And the heart of the glad New Year turned grey At the road Time bade him go. " O Gaffer Time, is it blood-road still? Is the noontide dark as the stormy morn? Is man s will yet as a wild beast s will? When shall the Christ be born? " He laughed as he answered, grim Gaffer Time, Whose laugh is sadder than all men s moan. " That name rides high on our wrath and crime, For the Light in darkness shone. " And thou, fair youngling, wilt mend the tale? " The New Year stared on the misty wold, Where at foot of a cross all lustrous pale Men raged for their gods of gold.  BLOODROAD BY CATHARINELY BATES READ FOR LIEBERCKS THAT ORG BY SWEET HOME THE OLD YEAR GROANED AS HE TRUDGED AWAY HIS GUILTY SHADOW BLACK ON THE SNOW AND THE HEART OF THE GLAD NEW YEAR TURNED GREY AT THE ROAD TIME BADE HIM GO O GAFFER TIME IS IT BLOOD ROAD STILL IS THE NOONTIDE DARK AS THE STORMY MORN IS MAN'S WILL YET AS A WILD BEAST'S WILL WHEN SHALL THE CHRIST BE BORN HE LAUGHED AS HE ANSWERED GRIM GAFFER TIME WHOSE LAUGH IS SADDER THAN ALL MEN'S MOAN THAT NAME RIDES HIGH ON A WRATH AND CRIME FOR THE LIGHT IN DARKNESS SHONE AND THOU FAIR YOUNGLING WILT MEND THE TALE THE NEW YEAR STARED ON THE MISTY WALL WHERE AT FOOT OF A CROSS ALL LUSTROUS PALE MEN RAGED FOR THEIR GODS OF GOLD
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