YES, the Year is growing old, And his eye is pale and bleared ! Death, with frosty hand and cold, Plucks the old man by the beard, Sorely, — sorely ! The leaves are falling, falling, Solemnly and slow ; Caw ! caw ! the rooks are calling, It is a sound... American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 3261839Full view - About this book
| 1844 - 454 pages
...PROFESSOR LONGFELLOW, THE AMERICAN POET. YES, the Year is growing old, And his eye is pale and bleared ! Death, with frosty hand and cold, Plucks the old man...Caw, caw !" the rooks are calling, It is a sound of woe, A sound of woe ! Through woods and mountain passes The winds, like anthems, roll ! They are chanting... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Digital images - 1839 - 174 pages
....MIDNIGHT MASS FOR THE DYING YEAR. YES, the year is growing old, And his eye is pale and bleared ! Death, with frosty hand and cold, Plucks the old man...Caw ! caw ! the rooks are calling, It is a sound of woe, A sound of woe ! Through woods and mountain-passes The winds, like anthems, roll ; They are chanting... | |
| William Evans Burton, Edgar Allan Poe - 1840 - 616 pages
...growing old. And his eye is pale and bleared ! Death, with frosty hand and cold, Pluck» the old nun by the beard, Sorely, — sorely! The leaves are falling, falling, Solemnly and slow ; Gaw ! can ! the rooks aie calling, It is a sound of woe, A sound of woe ! Through woods and mountain-paaies... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...the spring of Love and Youth, To some good angel leave the rest, MIDNIGHT MASS FOR THE DYING YEAR. YES, the year is growing old, And his eye is pale...is a sound of wo, A sound of wo ! Through woods and mountain-passes The winds, like anthems, roll ; They are chanting solemn masses, Singing ; Pray for... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 558 pages
...Youth, To some good angel leave the rest, HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. MIDNIGHT MASS FOR THE DYING YEAR. Yss, the year is growing old, And his eye is pale and blear'd...is a sound of wo, A sound of wo ! Through woods and mountain-passes The winds, like anthems, roll; They are chanting solemn masses, Singing ; Pray for... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 280 pages
...Thou art joy's shrine^a temple of delight, ! MIDNIGHT MASS FOR THE DYING YEAR. BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. YES, the year is growing old, And his eye is pale...Caw ! caw ! the rooks are calling, It is a sound of woe, A sound of woe ! Through woods and mountain-passes The winds, like anthems, roll ; They are chanting... | |
| Jane Thomas (née Pinhorn) - 1858 - 450 pages
...growing old, And his eye is pnle and bleared ! Death with frosty hand is cold, Plucks the old man by his beard — Sorely— Sorely ! The leaves are falling,...Caw, Caw, the Rooks are calling, It is a sound of woe ! A sound of woe ! Through woods and mountain passes The winds like anthems roll ; They are chunting... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 174 pages
...dead. MIDNIGHT MASS FOR THE DYING YEAR. YES, the Year is growing old, And his eye is pale and bleared ! Death, with frosty hand and cold, Plucks the old man...Sorely, — sorely ! The leaves are falling, falling, ti Solemnly and slow ; "Caw ! caw ! " the rooks are calling, It is a sound of woe, A sound of woe !... | |
| The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction.New Series.VOL.V - 1844 - 440 pages
...PROFESSOR LONGFELLOW, THE AMERICAN POET. YES, the Year is growing old, And his eye is pale and bleared Ï Death, with frosty hand and cold, Plucks the old man...Caw, caw !" the rooks are calling, It is a sound of woe, A sound of woe ! Through woods and mountain passes The winds, like anthems, roll ! They are chanting... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1845 - 538 pages
...nest. 300 HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. MIDNIGHT MASS FOR THE DYING YEAR. YES, the year is growing old, A nd his eye is pale and blear'd ! Death, with frosty hand...is a sound of wo, A sound of wo ! Through woods and mountain-passes The winds, like anthems, roll ; They are chanting solemn masses, Singing ; Pray for... | |
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