 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
 | Thomas Kibble Hervey - Christmas - 1845 - 436 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 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 - English poetry - 1846 - 260 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...a mind to die with you, Old year, if you must die. Iv. He was full of joke and jest, But all his merry quips are o'er. To see him die, across the waste... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1846 - 252 pages
...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. >ti 14 IV. He was full of joke and jest, But all his merry quips are o'er. To see him die, across the... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 616 pages
...So long as you have been with us, Such joy as you have seen with us, Old year, you shall not go. in. Old year, you shall not die ; We did so laugh and...a mind to die with you, Old year, if you must die. IV. He was full of joke and jest, But all his merry quips are o'er. To see him die, across the waste... | |
 | Literature - 1849 - 820 pages
...were loth to lose him, and caught at his skirts, in the spirit of Mr. Tennyson's song, " He frothed 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, tí e was a friend to me ! Old year,... | |
 | Christmas poetry - 1849 - 250 pages
...brim ; A jollier year we fhall not fee. But though his eyes are waxing dim, And though his foes fpeak ill of him, He was a friend to me. Old year, you fhall not die ; We did fo laugh and cry with you, I've half a mind to die with you, Old year, if you... | |
 | Sara Coleridge - 1849 - 240 pages
...brim ; A jollier year we fhall not fee. But though his eyes are waxing dim, And though his foes fpeak ill of him, He was a friend to me. Old year, you mall not die ; We did fo laugh and cry with you, I've half a mind to die with you, Old year, if you... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 402 pages
...you have been with us, Such joy as you have seen with us, Old year, you shall not go. m. He froth'd his bumpers to the brim ; A jollier year we shall...a mind to die with you, Old year, if you must die. Iv. He was full of joke and jest, But all his merry quips are o'er. To see him die, across the waste... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, Nathaniel Parker Willis, James Russell Lowell - American literature - 1850 - 642 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...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. He was full of joke and jest, But nil... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1851 - 276 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 not...a mind to die with you, Old year, if you must die. IV. He was full of joke and jest, But all his merry quips are o'er. To see him die, across the waste... | |
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