WINE, WOMEN, AND SONG. - The Language Realm

Hath it not been often seen
That one coin brings many,
When a gamester on the green
Stakes his lucky penny?
No one on the road should walk
'Gainst the wind—'tis madness;
Nor in poverty shall stalk
With a face of sadness;
Let him bear him bravely then,
Hope sustain his spirit;
After heavy trials men
Better luck inherit!
While throughout the world you rove,
Thus uphold your banners;
Give these reasons why you prove
Hearts of men and manners:
"To reprove the reprobate,
Probity approving,
Improbate from approbate
To remove, I'm moving."
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The next song is a lament for the decay of the Order and the suppression of its privileges. It was
written, to all appearances, at a later date, and is inferior in style. The Goliardi had already, we
learn from it, exchanged poverty for luxury. Instead of tramping on the hard hoof, they moved
with a retinue of mounted servants. We seem to trace in the lament a change from habits of
simple vagabondage to professional dependence, as minstrels and secretaries, upon men of rank
in Church and State, which came over the Goliardic class. This poem, it may be mentioned, does
not occur in the Carmina Burana, nor is it included among those which bear the name of Walter
Mapes or Map.
ON THE DECAY OF THE ORDER.
No. 2.
Once (it was in days of yore)
This our order flourished;
Popes, whom Cardinals adore,
It with honours nourished;
Licences desirable
They gave, nought desiring;
While our prayers, the beads we tell,
Served us for our hiring.