 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 He was full of joke and jest,...  Christmas with the poets, a collection of songs, carols, and verses [ed. by ... - Page 195by Christmas - 1852Full 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
...long as 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 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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