A toast for the New Year!

And ye, who have met with Adversity's blast,

And been bow'd to the earth by its fury

To whom the Twelve Months, that have recently pass'd
Were as harsh as a prejudiced jury

Still, fill to the Future! and join in our chime,
The regrets of remembrance to cozen,

And having obtained a New Trial of Time,
Shout in hopes of a kindlier dozen.

-Thomas Hood