 | William Howitt - 1859 - 428 sidor
...and like the same poet in his " Death of the Old Year," sing to ourselves with serene confidence — He was full of joke and jest, But all his merry quips...be dead before. Every one for his own. The night is starry and cold, my friend, And the New-Year, blithe and bold, my friend, Comes up to take his own.... | |
 | William Howitt - 1859 - 580 sidor
...and like the same poet in his " Death of the Old Year," sing to ourselves with serene confidence — He was full of joke and jest, But all his merry quips are o'er. To see bim die, across the waste. His son and heir doth ride post-haste, But he'll be dead before. Every one... | |
 | Advanced reading book - 1860 - 458 sidor
...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 all his merry quips...be dead before. Every one for his own. The night is starry and cold, my friend ; And the New Year blythe and bold, my friend, Comes up to take his own.... | |
 | William Allingham - 1860 - 316 sidor
...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 his merry quips...be dead before. Every one for his own. The night is starry and cold, my friend, And the new year blithe and bold, my friend, Comes up to take his own.... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - 1860 - 530 sidor
...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 his merry quips...the waste His son and heir doth ride post-haste, But he 'll be dead before. Every one for his own. The night is starry and cold, my friends, And the new... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 376 sidor
...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 his merry quips...be dead before. Every one for his own. The night is stair)' and cold, my friend, And the New-year, blithe and bold, my friend, Comes up to take his own.... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1861 - 446 sidor
...; 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 ; But all his merry quips...be dead before. Every one for his own. The night is starry and cold, my friends, And the new year, blifee and bold, my friends, Comes up to take his own.... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 366 sidor
...We did so laugh and cry with you, I've half a mind to die with you, Old year, if you must die. IV. To see him die, across the waste His son and heir...be dead before. Every one for his own. The night is starry and cold, my friend, And the New-year, blithe and bold, my friend, Comes up to take his own.... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1861 - 614 sidor
...you, Old Year, if you must die. He was full of joke and jest, But all his merry quibs are o'er. To sec him die, across the waste His son and heir doth ride...be dead before. Every one for his own. The night is starry and cold, my friend. And the New Year blithe and bold, my friend, Comes up to take his own.... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1862 - 698 sidor
...We did so laugh and cry with you, I've half a mind to die with you, Old year, if you must die. IV. To see him die, across the waste His son and heir...be dead before. Every one for his own. The night is starry and cold, my friend, And the New-year, blithe and bold, my friend, Comes up to take his own.... | |
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He was full of joke and jest, But all his merry quips are o'er. To see him die, across the waste His son and heir doth ride post-haste, But he'll be dead before. 
