 Toll ye the church-bell sad and slow, And tread softly, and speak low, For the Old Year lies a-dying. Old Year, you must not die ; You came to us so readily, You lived with us so steadily, Old Year, you shall not die.  The New Monthly Magazine - Page 421833Full view - About this book
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1857 - 628 pages
...must not die, You came to us so readily, You lived with us so steadily, Old Year, you shall not die. He lieth still : he doth not move ; He will not see...life above — He gave me a friend, and a true, true lore. And the New Year will take 'em away. Old Year, you must not go, So long as you have been with... | |
 | Thomas Bailey Aldrich - 1857 - 252 pages
...us so readily, You lived with us so steadily, Old year you must not die. He lieth still : he dothnot move : He will not see the dawn of day, He hath no other life above. He gave me a friend and a true love, And the new year will take 'em away. Old year, you must not go : So long as you have been with... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...Toll ye the church bell sad and slow, And tread softly, and speak low, For the old year lies a-dying. He lieth still — he doth not move — He will not...other life above — He gave me a friend and a true true-love, And the new year will take 'em away. He frothed his bumpers to the brim : A jollier year... | |
 | Dinah Maria Mulock Craik - 1879 - 388 pages
...MORNING. So, this long-anticipated festival-week is ended, and the old year gone. Poor old year ! " He gave me a friend and a true, true love, And the New Year will take them away." Ah, no, no, no ! Things are strange. The utmost I can say of them is, that they seem very... | |
 | Advanced reading book - 1860 - 458 pages
...not die ; You came to us so readily, You lived with us so steadily, Old year, you shall hot die. n. He lieth still, he doth not move : He will not see...And the new year will take 'em away. 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... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - 1860 - 530 pages
...must not die. You came to us so readily, You lived with us so steadily, Old year, you shall not die. He lieth still ; he doth not move ; He will not see...day : — He hath no other life above. He gave me a Mend and a true, true love, Old year, you must not go : So long as you have been with us, Such joy... | |
 | Dinah Maria Craik - 1860 - 398 pages
...MOBNING. So, this long-anticipated festival-week is ended, and the old year gone. Poor old year ! " He gave me a friend and a true, true love, And the New Year will take them away." Ah, no, no, no ! Things are strange. The utmost I can say of them is, that they seem very... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 376 pages
...not die ; You came to us so readily, You lived with us so steadily, Old year, you shall not die. II. He lieth still : he doth not move : He will not see...other life above. He gave me a friend, and a true, true-love, And the New-year will take 'em away. Old year, you must not go ; So long as you have been... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 366 pages
...not die ; You came to us so readily, You lived with us so steadily, Old year, you shall not die. ii. He lieth still : he doth not move : He will not see...other life above. He gave me a friend, and a true, true-love, And the New-year will take 'em away. Old year, you must not go ; So long as you have been... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1861 - 614 pages
...die ; You came to us so readily, You lived with us so steadily, Old Year, you shall not die. He'lieth still ; he doth not move : He will not see the dawn...hath no other life above. He gave me a friend and a true-love, And the New Year will take 'em away. Old Year, you must not go ; So long as you have been... | |
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