Isaac Bickerstaffe
Isaac Bickerstaffe
Isaac Bickerstaffe or Bickerstaffwas an Irish playwright and Librettist...
jolly lark lived miller river sang till worked
There was a jolly miller once, / Lived on the river Dee; / He worked and sang from morn till night; / No lark more blithe than he.
kings greatness men
The greatness that would make us grave, Is but an empty thing. What more than mirth would mortals have? The cheerful man's a king.