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So, I've battled it through on my own, Jack, / I have done with all dreaming and doubt. / Though "stoney" to-night and alone, Jack, / I am watching the Old Year out. / I have finished with brooding and fears, / Jack, And the spirit is rising in me, / For the sake of the old New Years, Jack, / And the bright New Years to be.
I have fallen in worldly disgrace, Jack, / And I know very well that you heard; / They have blackened my name in this place, Jack, / And I answered them never a word. / But why should I bluster or grieve, / Jack? So narrow and paltry they be -- / I knew you would never believe, Jack, / The lies that were said against me.