Songs, Ballads, and Other Poems by the late Thomas Haynes Bayly; Edited by his Widow. With A Memoir of the Author. In Two Volumes |
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COME LET US PASS THE SOCIAL GLASS. |
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COME LET US PASS THE SOCIAL GLASS.
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Come, let us pass the social glass;Each shall toast his fancy;
First let me name a black-ey'd lass,
Here's a health to Nancy!
Then fill up the sparkling cup,
Care's a pallid spectre;
This take for my fair one's sake,
And you'll find it nectar.
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Now I can boast a merry toastFairer far than any;
Bright blue eyes delight me most:
Here's a health to Fanny!
Then fill up the sparkling cup,
Care's a pallid spectre;
This take for my fair one's sake,
And you'll find it nectar.
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O I can prize no common eyes,Black and blue may vary;
I know where expression lies:
Here's a health to Mary!
Then fill up the sparkling cup,
Care's a pallid spectre;
This take for my fair one's sake,
And you'll find it nectar.
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