Thursday night, December 31st, 1863.<\/p>\n
The last of eighteen sixty-three is passing away as I write. . . . Every New Year since I was in my teens, I have sought a quiet spot where I could whisper to myself Tennyson’s \u201c Death of the Old Year,\u201d and even this bitter cold night I steal into my freezing, fireless little room, en robe de nuit, to keep up my old habit while the others sleep. . . .<\/p>\n
\u201cOld year, you shall not die;
\nWe did so laugh and cry with you,
\nI ‘ye half a mind to die with you,
\nOld year, if you must die.\u201d<\/p>\n
No! Go and welcome! Bring Peace and brighter days, O dawning New Year. Die, faster and faster, Old One; I count your remaining moments with almost savage glee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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