 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
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1864 - 450 pages
...you have been with us, Such joy as you have seen with us, Old year, you shall not go. 8.. He frSthed his bumpers to the brim; A jollier year we shall not...Old year, you shall not die; We did so laugh and cry wife you, I've half a mind to die with you, Old year, if you must die. 4. He was full of joke and jest;... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1864 - 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,... | |
 | 1865 - 410 pages
...still are dry. We'll froth our bumpers to the brim, For jollier Beer we shall not see ; And though our eyes are waxing dim, And though his foes speak ill of him, Beer is a friend to me. Old Beer ! He's very dry ! Smith does so laugh and cry with you, He seems inclined... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1866 - 398 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...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. IV. He was full of joke and jest, But... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1866 - 734 pages
...as you have been witli 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,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1866 - 400 pages
...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. IT. To see him die, across the waste His son and heir doth ride post-haste, But he'll be dead before.... | |
 | John R. Vernon - Christian life - 1867 - 338 pages
...sad and merry in company, and the days of our past society come with a warm rush to our heart : — "Though his eyes are waxing dim, And though his foes speak ill of him, He was a friend to me." And so we keep hold still of his hand, loth, very loth indeed to part — as we sit in silence by the... | |
 | Charles Bilton - 1868 - 216 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...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. How hard he breathes ! over the snow I... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1868 - 456 pages
...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....and cry with you, I Ve half a mind to die with you, He was full of joke and jest, But all his merry quips are o'er. To see him die, across the waste His... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1868 - 402 pages
...you must not go ; So long as you have been with us, Such joy as you have seen with us, .1 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,... | |
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