 | Robert Burns - 1855 - 562 pages
...Looks round him, an' found them Impatient for the chorus. Tune — " Jolly Mortals, fill your Glasses." SEE ! the smoking bowl before us, Mark our jovial...round take up the chorus, And in raptures let us sing. A fig for those by law protected ! Liberty's a glorious feast ! Courts for cowards were erected, Churches... | |
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1855 - 616 pages
...Liberty's a glorious feast ! Courts for cowards were erected, Churches built to please the priest. What is title ? what is treasure ? What is reputation's care ? If we lead a life of pleasure, 'Tis no matter how or where ! A fig, &c. With the ready trick and fable, Round we wander all the day... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1856 - 538 pages
...round him, an' found their Impatient for the chorus. All! TONK — " Jolly mortals, fdl yow glasstt." See the smoking bowl before us! Mark our jovial, ragged ring ! Round and round take up the chonw, And in raptures let us sing. CHORU3. A fig for those by law protected! Liberty's a glorious... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1856 - 728 pages
...Jolty Mortali,fill your Glattes. See ! the smoking bowl before us, Mark our jovial ragged ring ! Hound and round take up the chorus, And in raptures let us sing. CHORUS. A fig for those by law protected ! Liberty 'sa glorious feast ! Courts for cowards were erected,... | |
 | Henry Curling - 1858 - 428 pages
...mortals fill your glasses," and Ardlachan sang, " See the smoking bowl before us, Mark our happy jovial ring, Round and round take up the chorus, And in raptures...reputation's care ? If we lead a life of pleasure, Tis no matter how or where." " Leddies, Leddies, ye winna let us hae a' the sangs oursels," said the... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1859 - 530 pages
...him, an' found their Impatient for the chorus. ]] AIR TUNE — " Jolly worlds, Jill your glasses.19 See the smoking bowl before us! Mark our jovial, ragged ring ! Round and round take up the chorus, CHORUS. A fig for those by law protected ! Liberty's a glorious feast ! Courts for cowards were erected,... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1861 - 410 pages
...They bear a strong resemblance to some of Burns' in his " Beggar's Sonata," written in 1785: — " "What is title, what is treasure, What is reputation's care ; If we lead a life of pleasure, Can it matter how or where? " Boswell's " Life of Johnson " was published in May, 1791. It is thus... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1861 - 406 pages
...They bear a strong resemblance to some of Burns' in his " Beggar's Sonata," written in 1785 : — " What is title, what is treasure, What is reputation's care ; If we lead a life of pleasure, Can it matter how or where? " Boswell's " Life of Johnson " was published in May, 1791. It is thus... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1861 - 572 pages
...They bear a strong resemblance to some of Burns's in his " Beggar's Sonata," written in 1785 : — " What is title, what is treasure, What is reputation's care ; If we lead a life of pleasure, Can it matter how or where? " In 1801, Mrs. Piozzi published " Retrospection ; or a Review of the Most... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 358 pages
...round him, and found them Impatient for the chorus. AIR. TUNE —Jolly Mortals, fill your Glasses. See the smoking bowl before us, Mark our jovial ragged...round take up the chorus, And in raptures let us sing. CHORUS. A fig for those by law protected! Liberty's a glorious feast ! Courts for cowards were erected,... | |
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A fig for those by law protected ! Liberty's a glorious feast ! Courts for cowards were erected, Churches built to please the priest. What is title ? what is treasure ? What is reputation's care ? If we lead a life of pleasure, 'Tis no matter, how or... 
