 But though his eyes are waxing dim, And though his foes speak ill of him, He was a friend to me. Old year, you shall not die ; We did so laugh and cry with you, I've half a mind to die with you, Old year, if you must die.  Poems - Page 191by Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1845Full view - About this book
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1853 - 404 pages
...away. Old year, you must not go ; So long as you have been with us, Such joy as you have seen with us, He froth' d his bumpers to the brim ; A jollier year we shall not see. But tho' his eyes are waxing dim, And tho' his foes speak ill of him, He was a friend to me. Old year,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1854 - 286 pages
...you have been with us, Such joy as you have seen with us, Old year, you shall not go. in. He frothed his bumpers to the brim ; A jollier year we shall...a mind to die with you, Old year, if you must die. rv. He was full of joke and jest, But all his merry quips are o'er. To see him die, across the waste... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - Periodicals - 1854 - 588 pages
...you have been with tie. Such joy as you have seen with us, Old Year, you shall not go. " Hn froth'd his bumpers to the brim ; A jollier year we shall...He was a friend to me. Old Year, you shall not die ; Vie did so laugh and cry with you, I 've half a mind to die with you, Old Year, if you must die.... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - Periodicals - 1854 - 584 pages
...you have been with us, Such joy as you have seen with us, Old Year, you shall not go. " He froth'd his bumpers to the brim ; A jollier year we shall not see. Hut though his eyes are waxing dim, And thoagh his foes speak ill of him, He was a friend to me. Old... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1855 - 404 pages
...as you have been with us, Such joy as you have seen with us, Old year, you shall not go. He froth'd his bumpers to the brim ; A jollier year we shall not see. But tho' his eyes are waxing dim, And tho' his foes speak ill of him, He was a friend to me. Old year,... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 pages
...you have been with us, Such joy as you have seen with us, Old year, you shall not go. ni. He froth'd his bumpers to the brim ; A jollier year we shall...shall not die ; We did so laugh and cry with you, I've half a mind to dio with you, Old year, if you must dio. He was full of joke and jest, But all... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1856 - 400 pages
...year, you must not go; So long as you have been with us, Such joy as you have seen with us, He froth'd his bumpers to the brim ; A jollier year we shall not see. But tho' his eyes are waxing dim, And tho' his foes speak ill of him, He was a friend to me. Old year,... | |
 | Thomas Bailey Aldrich - American fiction - 1857 - 252 pages
...as you have been with us, Such joy as you have seen with us, Old year, you shall not go. He frothed his bumpers to the brim: A jollier year we shall not...shall not die : We did so laugh and cry with you, I've half a mind to die with you, Old year, if you must die. ALFRED TENNYSON. X. ST. AGNES EVE. The... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1857 - 628 pages
...as you have been with us, Such joy as you have teen with us, Old year, you shall not go. He frothed his bumpers to the brim ; A jollier year we shall...his foes speak ill of him, He was a friend to me. OH Year you shall not die ; We did so laugh and cry with you, I've half a mind to die with you, Old... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...above — He gave me a friend and a true true-love, And the new year will take 'em away. He frothed his bumpers to the brim : A jollier year we shall...his foes speak ill of him, He was a friend to me. The old year's gone ! — the drifting snow And howling winds our sorrows mock \ The shadows flicker... | |
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