I have always liked the idea of hearing the clock strike twelve on the last night of the old year.... wakeful to welcome the new year's angel when the old one has winged his flight from us, bearing with him the record of our inner years, its sins and sorrows.
~Claribel (Charlotte Alington Pye Barnard, 1830–1869),
"New Year's Eve," Fireside Thoughts, Ballads, etc., etc., 1865
Let us recall the good times that last year brought and make way for the good times this year shall surely bring!
Happy New Year To All!
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