The Steadfast Power
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New Year in a world grown old!
A New Year with its shock of wars,
And agony and grief untold—
What good can come? And yet the stars
Still take their calm untroubled way,
The undisturbed tides ebb and flow,
God’s strong hand rules the night and day,
The seasons come, the seasons go . . .
Surely this equilibrium
Should help to right the world at last;
Surely the New Year that has come
Will bring, before the days are past,
The peace we seek. God help us learn
Thy steadfast ways, and let thy clear
Calm voice speak out, that men may turn
And walk godlike through this New Year.
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