New Years Poem: December 31
December 31 is an inspiring New Years poem by Samuel Kiser which helps to remind us to be grateful for all the good things that have happened in the past year.
Even though the year has not brought us everything we might have hoped, it also did not deliver to us everything that we might have feared.
If you look back, you are sure to find many days that were gracious and wholesome and filled to the brim with satisfaction. Remember these.
New Years Poem: December 31
by S.E. Kiser
Best day of all the year, since I
May see thee pass and know
That if thou dost not leave me high
Thou hast not found me low,
And since, as I behold thee die,
Thou leavest me the right to say
That I to-morrow still may vie
With them that keep the upward way.
Best day of all the year to me,
Since I may stand and gaze
Across the grayish past and see
So many crooked ways
That might have led to misery,
Or might have ended at Disgrace--
Best day since thou dost leave me free
To look the future in the face.
Best day of all days of the year,
That was so kind, so good,
Since thou dost leave me still the dear
Old faith in brotherhood--
Best day since I, still striving here,
May view the past with small regret,
And, undisturbed by doubts or fear,
Seeks paths that are untrod as yet.
~S.E. Kiser (1862 - 1942)
Samuel Ellsworth Kiser was born in Shippenville, Pa. in 1862. He began newspaper work in Cleveland, and from 1900 until 1914 was editorial and special writer for the Chicago Record-Herald.
Kiser was noted for his humorous sketches, which had been widely syndicated. Among his books are "Georgie," "Charles the Chauffeur," "Love Sonnets of an Office Boy," "Ballads of the Busy Days," "Sonnets of a Chorus Girl," "The Whole Glad Year," and "The Land of Little Care."
More Poems by Kiser
A Little Prayer
Poem About Faith
Unsubdued
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