. Calliope: or, The musical miscellany : a select collection of the most approved English, Scots, and Irish songs, set to music. HIeI the bottle about. Let finical fops play the fool and the ape;They dare not confide in the juice of the grape:But we honeft fellows—fdeath ! whod ever thinkOf puling for love, while hes able to drink ? Tis wine, only wine, that true pleafure beftows;Our joys it increafes, and lightens our woes jRemember what topers of pld usd to fing,The man that is drunk is as great as a king. If Cupid aflaults you, theres law for his tricks;Anacreons cafes, fee page twenty-fix
. Calliope: or, The musical miscellany : a select collection of the most approved English, Scots, and Irish songs, set to music. HIeI the bottle about. Let finical fops play the fool and the ape;They dare not confide in the juice of the grape:But we honeft fellows—fdeath ! whod ever thinkOf puling for love, while hes able to drink ? Tis wine, only wine, that true pleafure beftows;Our joys it increafes, and lightens our woes jRemember what topers of pld usd to fing,The man that is drunk is as great as a king. If Cupid aflaults you, theres law for his tricks;Anacreons cafes, fee page twenty-fix :The precedents glorious, and juft, by my foul!Lay hold on, and drown the young dog in a bowl, Whats life but a frolic, a fong, and a toaft fhall be this, whilft Ive liquor to quaff,May mirth and good fellowfhip always abound:Boys, fill up a bumper, and let it go round, 278 CALLIOPE : OR THE SONG CXLVIII. COME, NOW, ALL YE SOCIAL POWRS. Come, now, all ye facial powers, Shed your influence SiiHiHiiiiilil d*er us; Crown with joy the prefent hours, Enliven tho^ before us: Bring theflafk, the mujic bring, Joyjha*. quickly find us ; Drink, and dance, and laugh, andfing, Chorus HSiiipiiliiil And cafl dull care behind us. Bring the fiajk, the mufic bring, Joyjh all quickly find us ;D rink, and dance,and laugh, andfing, And cafl dull care behind us. VOCAL ENCHANTRESS. 279 Love, thy godhead I adore, Source of generous paflion ;But will neer bow down before Thofe idols wealth or the flafk, &c. Fuiendfhip, with thy fmile divine. Brighten all our features ;What but friendfhip, love, and wine, Can make us happy creatures ?Bring the flafk, &c. Why the deuce lhould we be fac}. While on earth we moulder ?Grave, or gay, or wife, or mad^ We evry day grow the flafk, &c. Then fince time will Heal awav Spite of all our forrow ;Heighten evry joy to-day, Never mind to-morrow*Bring the flafk, &c. 280 CALLIOPE J OR THE ??: SONG ADVICE. £ What Cato advif
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