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 - Side 191af Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1845Fuld visning - Om denne bog
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 sider
...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...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. He was full of joke and jest, But all... | |
| 1833 - 488 sider
...with us, Such joy as you have seen with us. Old year, you shall not go. III. He frothed his bumpen to the brim ; A jollier year we shall not see, But...year, you shall not die. We did so laugh and cry with yon, I've half a mind to die with you, Old year, if you must die. IV. He was full of joke and jest,... | |
| 1833 - 484 sider
...have been with us, Such joy as you have seen with u», Old year, you shall not go. in. He frothed hia bumpers to the brim ; A jollier year we shall not...friend to me. Old year, you shall not die. We did go laugh and cry with you, I've half a mind to die with you, Old year, if you must die. IV. He was... | |
| 1839 - 876 sider
...says quaint Tennyson ? " Old year, you shall not die ! We have 10 laughed and cried with you, I've half a mind to die with you, Old year ! if you must die !" Keeping Christmas is a very ancient custom : and our fathers in the "old counlrie," have been longer... | |
| Thomas Miller - 1837 - 466 sider
...you have been with us, Such joy as you have seen with us, Old Year, you shall not go. HI. He frothed 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... | |
| 1839 - 914 sider
...have sped the parting guest, and drank the peace-cup, in hearty libations, to his memory. " He frothed his bumpers to the brim, A jollier year we shall not see ! And though hia eyea are now so dim, And though his foes spoke ill of him, He was a friend to me !... | |
| 1840 - 326 sider
...an 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, Ha was a friend to me. Old year,... | |
| William Evans Burton, Edgar Allan Poe - 1840 - 616 sider
...aи you have been with us, Such joy ш 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 - 1842 - 252 sider
...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. p 2 IT. He was full of joke and jest,... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1843 - 260 sider
...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. He was full of joke and jest, But all... | |
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