II

by Alfred, Lord Tennyson · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
Part of New Year's Eve

The good old year, the dear old time, and all my peace of mind;

And the New-year's coming up, mother, but I shall never see

The blossom on the blackthorn, the leaf upon the tree.

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