II
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
· (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
Part of The Death of the Old Year
He will not see the dawn of day.
He hath no other life above.
He gave me a friend, and a true truelove,
And the Newyear 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 not go.