TASTE LIFE WHILE YE MAY.
—.(Andrew Lang .in " longincm's Magazine") ■ 0 gin I were a sodger lad, a blythe lad I would be, Or if a sailor I'd been bred, right weel I'd like the sea; . But oh! this weary wark in toun, it is riae wark for men — 1 canna thole the three»legg'd stool, I canna bide the pen. 3Jy faitherisa country chield, he ca's the cairt and pleugh, He labours baith in farm and field, a« I full fain would do; Abuue his head the lavrock sings, the caller air blaws free, But he is auld, his heart's grown cauld, and little heed takes he;' It's little pleasure folk can win when once they're auld and dune, And siller comes but slowly in, it's lang or fortune's won ; For wealth comes but wi' toil and care, and care Bune turns us grey ; Then haste ye, lads, to do and dare, and taste lifo while ye may !
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 4739, 2 September 1893, Page 3
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158TASTE LIFE WHILE YE MAY. Star (Christchurch), Issue 4739, 2 September 1893, Page 3
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