“Now let us sing — Long live the king,
And Gilpin, long live he;
And, when he next doth ride abroad,
May I be there to see!”
St. 63.
The Diverting History of John Gilpin (1785)
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
William Cowper 174
(1731–1800) English poet and hymnodist 1731–1800Related quotes
Source: Earthsea Books, The Farthest Shore (1972), Chapter 9, "Orm Embar" (Arren and Ged)
“The wise man will live as long as he ought, not as long as he can.”
Sapiens vivit quantum debet, non quantum potest.
Source: Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter LXX: On the proper time to slip the cable, Line 4.
“As long as we live there is never enough singing.”
“Get off your knees, Gov. Pence!” http://www.targetliberty.com/2015/04/get-off-your-knees-gov-pence.html Target Liberty, April 5, 2015.
2010s, 2015
“May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.”
The Rise of the Dutch Republic (1856; New York: Harper, 1861) vol. 3, part 6, ch. 7, p. 627.
Of William the Silent. In a footnote Motley cites the original of his last phrase in an official report made by the Greffier Corneille Aertsens: "dont par toute la ville l'on est en si grand duil tellement que les petits enfans en pleurent par les rues."
Old Deuteronomy
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939)
“God save our gracious king!
Long live our noble king!
God save the king!”
"God Save the King" (1730).
“Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time;
He's a Cat who has lived many lives in succession.”
Old Deuteronomy
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939)
Context: Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time;
He's a Cat who has lived many lives in succession.
He was famous in proverb and famous in rhyme
A long while before Queen Victoria's accession.