{"id":125761,"date":"2024-01-01T10:00:18","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T15:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=125761"},"modified":"2024-01-01T08:36:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T13:36:23","slug":"more-poetry-for-new-years-day-the-gate-of-the-year-by-millie-haskins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=125761","title":{"rendered":"More Poetry for New Year’s day–‘The Gate Of The Year’ by Minnie Louise Haskins"},"content":{"rendered":"

And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year:
\n\u201cGive me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.\u201d<\/p>\n

And he replied:
\n\u201cGo out into the darkness and
\nput your hand into the Hand of God.
\nThat shall be to you better than light
\nand safer than a known way.\u201d<\/p>\n

So I went forth, and finding the Hand of God, trod gladly into the night.
\nAnd He led me towards the hills and the breaking of day in the lone East.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read it all<\/a>. An excerpt from this poem was famously read by King George VI in his 1939 Christmas broadcast<\/a>. For more about the author of the poem please read this<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Happy new year! Here is a page from the Sherborne missal open at Epiphany – complete with the adoration of the magi, assorted animals, and an abbot. I particularly like Mary and child in the middle of the page. #medievalmonday<\/a> #manuscriptmonday<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/FYPxeLyY4P<\/a><\/p>\n

— Dr Naomi (@BooksTeaFilms) January 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n