Then fill the bowl--way with gloom!
Our joys shall always last;
For Hope shall brighten days to read more

Then fill the bowl--way with gloom!
Our joys shall always last;
For Hope shall brighten days to come,
And Mem'ry gild the past.

I have been a soldier,
Till the helm hath worn those aged temples bare.

I have been a soldier,
Till the helm hath worn those aged temples bare.

Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.

Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.

We take no note of time
But from its loss.

We take no note of time
But from its loss.

Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.

Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.

Milke saies to wine, welcome friend.

Milke saies to wine, welcome friend.

Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.

Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.

It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.

It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.

There are more men threatned then stricken.

There are more men threatned then stricken.