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, ti Solemnly and slow ; "Caw ! caw ! " the rooks are calling, It is... Voices of the Night - Page 26by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 144 pagesFull view - About this book
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...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,...Singing, " Pray for this poor soul, Pray, — pray 1" And the hooded clouds, like friars, Tell their beads in drops of rain, And patter their doleful... | |
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