Read full poem →Of the poor results of all—of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around me;
Of the empty and useless years of the rest—with the rest me intertwined;
The question, O me! so sad, recurring—What good amid these, O me, O life?
Dictionary Entry
A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).
In a Sentence
“we moved to this town a year ago; I quit smoking exactly one year ago”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. yearsago yearslater yearsold yearsyears twoyears manyyears fiveyears three
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Poetry examples for “years”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.