New Year.

If I resolve, with the new year,
    A better child to be,
'Twill do no good at all, I fear,
    But rather harm to me,

Unless I try, with every day,
    No angry word to speak;
Unless, each morn, to God I pray
    To keep me mild and meek.

Then let me try with all my might,
    And may God help me too,
Always to choose the way that's right,
    Whatever act I do.