Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
The Old Year out and the New Year in, by Augusta Webster

Ring then, ring loudly, merry midnight bells,
Peal the new lord of days blithe welcoming —
What though your sweet‐scaled tones be also knells
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https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-old-year-out-and-new-year-in.html

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