LET'S ENJOY THE PRESENT

Translated from the Comte de Bonneval by Sir T. Sinclair. We've but a short time to live.

Friends let's pass it gaily now, Let the future Fate may give.

Cause us not with grief to bow.

What good's history I ask, Much the same 'tis everywhere.

Let's but learn to drink — no task,

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He who drinks knows all — but care.

We've but a short time to live, etc.

That some general of great name Beats the Englishman I see, I who live well without fame, Would but conquer dull ennui.

We've but a short time to live, etc.