Drinking songs. Miscellaneous songs. Ancient balladsJ. Johnson, 1783 |
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... , and whilft I live , Let me not want what love can give : Then shall I die in peace , and have This confolation in the grave , That once I had the world my flave . SONG SONG XVI . AN HUNDRED YEARS HENCE . L ' DRINKING SONGS . 13.
... , and whilft I live , Let me not want what love can give : Then shall I die in peace , and have This confolation in the grave , That once I had the world my flave . SONG SONG XVI . AN HUNDRED YEARS HENCE . L ' DRINKING SONGS . 13.
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... hundred years hence . We'll kifs and be free With Moll , Betty , and Nelly , Have oysters and lobsters , And maids by the belly . Fish dinners will make A lafs fpring like a flea ; Dame Venus , loves goddefs , Was born of the fea : With ...
... hundred years hence . We'll kifs and be free With Moll , Betty , and Nelly , Have oysters and lobsters , And maids by the belly . Fish dinners will make A lafs fpring like a flea ; Dame Venus , loves goddefs , Was born of the fea : With ...
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... hundred years hence . The usurer , that In the hundred takes twenty , Who wants in his wealth , And pines in his plenty ; Lays up for a feafon Which he fhall ne'er fee , The year one thousand Eight hundred and three : His wit , and his ...
... hundred years hence . The usurer , that In the hundred takes twenty , Who wants in his wealth , And pines in his plenty ; Lays up for a feafon Which he fhall ne'er fee , The year one thousand Eight hundred and three : His wit , and his ...
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... hundred years hence . Then why fhould we turmoil In cares and in fears , Turn all our tranquility To fighs and to tears ? Let's eat , drink , and play , Till the worms do corrupt us , ' Tis certain , poft mortem Nulla voluptas . Let's ...
... hundred years hence . Then why fhould we turmoil In cares and in fears , Turn all our tranquility To fighs and to tears ? Let's eat , drink , and play , Till the worms do corrupt us , ' Tis certain , poft mortem Nulla voluptas . Let's ...
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... hundred tun ; We drank it all at fea , Ere we came unto the key , And the merchant fwore he was quite undone . My friend , not having quench'd his thirst , Said , let us to the vineyards hafte : Straight then we fail'd to the Canaries ...
... hundred tun ; We drank it all at fea , Ere we came unto the key , And the merchant fwore he was quite undone . My friend , not having quench'd his thirst , Said , let us to the vineyards hafte : Straight then we fail'd to the Canaries ...
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Страница 153 - No wither'd witch shall here be seen, No goblins lead their nightly crew : The female fays shall haunt the green, And dress thy grave with pearly dew. The redbreast oft at evening hours Shall kindly lend his little aid, With hoary moss, and gather'd flowers, To deck the ground where thou art laid.
Страница 140 - AN old song made by an aged old pate, Of an old worshipful gentleman, who had a great estate, That kept a brave old house at a bountiful rate, And an old porter to relieve the poor at his gate ; Like an old courtier of the queen's, And the queen's old courtier.
Страница 144 - Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. When all aloud the wind doth blow And coughing drowns the parson's saw And birds sit brooding in the snow And Marian's nose looks red and...
Страница 252 - Sweet sister, do not fear ; God never prosper me nor mine, Nor aught else that I have, If I do wrong your children dear, When you are laid in grave.
Страница 87 - Who God doth late and early pray, More of His grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend : This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise, or fear to fall ; Lord of himself, though not of lands; And having nothing, yet hath all.
Страница 145 - Under the greenwood tree Who loves to lie with me, And tune his merry note Unto the sweet bird's throat-- Come hither, come hither, come hither! Here shall we see No enemy But winter and rough weather. Who doth ambition shun And loves to live i' the sun, Seeking the food he eats And pleased with what he gets-- Come hither, come hither, come hither!
Страница 118 - Their purpose is ambition, Their practice only hate : And if they once reply, Then give them all the lie. Tell...
Страница 82 - Some have too much, yet still do crave; I little have, and seek no more. They are but poor, though much they have, And I am rich with little store: They poor, I rich; they beg, I give; They lack, I leave; they pine, I live.
Страница 253 - ... strife ; With one another they did fight About the children's life : And he that was of mildest mood, Did slay the other there, Within an unfrequented wood...
Страница 24 - But an eternal health goes round. Fill up the bowl, then, fill it high, Fill all the glasses there, for why Should every creature drink but I? Why, man of morals, tell me why?