New Year

WHITE year, white year, Muffled soft in snow, A diamond spray whose gems are gone Before their grace we know, A crystal-coated spray whose hours Melt when looked upon, Hoarfrost stars and hoarfrost flowers, White year! Green year, green year, Sweet with sun and showers, A windblown spray whose blossoms bright Are the seven-colored hours, A dancing spray whose leaves are days, A spray whose leaves delight In azure gleam and silver haze, Green year! New Year, new year From rosy leaf to gold, A shining spray on the Tree of Time Where myriad sprays unfold, A spray so fair that God may see And gather it, bloom and rime, To deck the doors of Eternity, New Year!