Religion stern our pow’r reject,
Philosophy our tales neglect,
Only trusting what ’tis seeing;
Combat us howe’er they list,
In thy scenes we shall exist,
Sure as if Nature gave us being.
Shakespeare’s Garland. Being a Collection of New Songs, Ballads, Roundelays, Catches, Glees, Comic Serenatas, etc., performed at the Jubilee at Stratford-upon-Avon, 1769, p. 21.
This piece was set to music by Dibdin.