To the New Year

 THIS morning when I saw you

Looking into my bedroom window,

I thought that I disliked you very much,

For all I could see

You very much resembled other days

Spotless and so wholesome¹,

With all your tinsel bright,

But, your beauty touched me not at all.

But I decided² to put up with you

As one would with strange, unwelcome guests.

I turned you around and about many, many times,

As a child would a new toy.

You were a lovely sight,

And yet I felt a bit depressed³,

Till of a sudden I thought

I saw you smile.

Or was it only fancy?

Then I gave you my profoundest thought

For a short while.

And way down in your remotest depths

Great possibilities looked out at me,{79}

And I thought of all the things you might do

For this restless world.

So I fell in love with you,

Before you were a half hour old.

1 wholesome   

adj.适合；卫生的；有益健康的；显示身心健康的

参考例句：

• In actual fact the things I like doing are mostly wholesome.实际上我喜欢做的事大都是有助于增进身体健康的。
• It is not wholesome to eat without washing your hands.不洗手吃饭是不卫生的。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。