Sir Walter Scott

“ Louder, louder chant the lay,
Waken, lords and ladies gay!
Tell them youth, and mirth, and glee,
Run a course as well as we;
Time, stern huntsman! who can baulk,
Stanch as hound, and fleet as hawk:
Think of this, and rise with day,
Gentle lords and ladies gay.
This work was published before January 1, 1928, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. ”