 | 1839 - 584 pages
...a ceaseless scrutiny, an irresistible control. THE FIFTH PSALM. A MIDNIGHT MASS FOR THE DYING TEAR. YES, the year is growing old, And his eye is pale and blear'd ; Death, with frosty hand and cold, Plucks the old man by the beard, Sorely — sorely ! The... | |
 | William Evans Burton, Edgar Allan Poe - 1840 - 616 pages
...character. Oat of Üü latest and most popular pieces runs thus — MIDNIGHT MASS FOR THE DYING YEAR. Vis, the year is 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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...For, O ! it is not always May ! Enjoy 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 and blear'd ! Death, with frosty hand and cold, Plucks the old man by the beard, Sorely, — sorely ! The... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 174 pages
...Tears afar The spectral camp is fled ; Faith shineth as a morning star, Our ghastly fears are dead. MIDNIGHT MASS FOR THE DYING YEAR. YES, the Year is...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 !... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 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 and blear'd ! Death, with frosty hand and cold, Plucks the old man by the beard, Sorely, — sorely ! The... | |
 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction.New Series.VOL.V - 1844 - 440 pages
...January in that year. A MIDNIGHT MASS FOR THE DYING YEAR. ÂÒ 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 by the beard, Sorely, — sorely ! The leaves... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 538 pages
...will teach thee soon the truth — There are no birds in last year's 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 and cold, Plucks the old man by the beard,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...Tears afar The spectral camp is fled ; Faith shineth as a morning star, Our ghastly fears are dead. MIDNIGHT MASS FOR THE DYING YEAR. YES, the Year is...Caw ! caw ! the rooks are calling, It is a sound of wo, A sound of wo ! Through woods and mountain passes The winds, like anthems, roll ; They are chanting... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, Nathaniel Parker Willis, James Russell Lowell - 1850 - 642 pages
...imitation, I collate his " Midnight Mass for the Dying Year" with " The Death of the Old Year" of Tennyson. MIDNIGHT MASS FOR THE DYING YEAR. Yes, the Year is growing old, And his eye is pale and blear&J, Death, with frosty hand and cold, Plucks the old man by the beard, Sorely, — sorely ! The... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1850 - 158 pages
...stage ; Alas! the evening traveller feels The fears of weary age. THE DYING YEAE. PEOPESSOE LONGFELLOW. YES, the year is growing old, And his eye is pale and blear'd ! Death, with his frosty hand and cold, Plucks the old man by the beard Sorely — sorety The... | |
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