William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Georgian Verse. 1909.
Cavalier SongSir Walter Scott (17711832)
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Through locks of gray and a cloak that’s old,
Yet keep up thy heart, bold cavalier,
For a cup of sack shall fence the cold.
And years will break the strongest bow;
Was never wight so starkly made,
But time and years would overthrow.