 | Literature - 1833 - 488 pages
...bumpen to the brim ; A jollier year we shall not see, But though his eyes are waxing dim, And though his foes speak ill of him, He was a friend to me....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 pages
...bumpers to the brim ; A jollier year we shall not see, 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 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 pages
...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 - Country life - 1837 - 466 pages
...bumpers to the brim ; A jollier year we shall not see. But though his eyes are waxing dim, And though his foes speak ill of him, He was a friend to me....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 pages
...! And though hia eyea are now so dim, And though his foes spoke ill of him, He was a friend to me ! He was full of joke and jest, But all his merry quips are o'er ; To aee him die, across the waste, His son and heir hath rid, post haste,— But he was dead, before !... | |
 | William Evans Burton, Edgar Allan Poe - 1840 - 616 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....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. I Hs was full of joke and jest, But all... | |
 | 1840 - 326 pages
...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, you shall not die ; We did so laugh and eiy with you, I've half a mind to die with you Old year, if you must die. I He waa full of joke and... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1842 - 252 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. p 2 IT. He was full of joke and jest, But all his merry quips are o'er. To see him die, across the... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1843 - 260 pages
...bumpers to the brim ; A jollier year we shall not see. But though his eyes are waxing dim, And though his foes speak ill of him, He was a friend to me....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... | |
 | Thomas Kibble Hervey - Christmas - 1845 - 436 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 !...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... | |
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Old year, you must not go ; So long 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... 
