  I'm a New Year's Resolution: I'm as good as good can be, And the world will lose its follies If 'twill only follow me! I was sired by good intentions, I was nursed with loving care, Fully armed, like great Minerva, From my birth to do and dare. I'm a New Year's Resolution: You can see me robed in white Where the fortunes of the future Men and nations come to write; You have met my kith and kindred As you struggled in the strife, And you gave them love and praises All along the ways of life. I'm a New Year's Resolution: I'm as good as good can be, And the fates predict my goodness Soon will prove the death of me; But you'll honor me while living, And if I should pass away You will bury me in blossoms In remembrance of today. I'm a New Year's Resolution: Treat me kindly as you can; For I'm growing weak each moment, Soon I'll sleep among my fathers,— What a countless host they make! Who in childhood went to slaughter For a good intention's sake! |
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