Why Should We Idly Waste Our Prime

"Why Should We Idly Waste Our Prime" is an English poem written by Robert Burns.

Lyrics

Why should we idly waste our prime
Come rouse to arms! 'Tis now the time
'Tis said that Kings can do no wrong —
And, since from us their power is sprung,
Now each true patriot's song shall be: —
Proud Priests and Bishops we'll translate
The guillotine on Peers shall wait;
Those Despots long have trode us down,
Such wretched minions of a Crown
To-day 'tis theirs. To-morrow we
The Golden Age we'll then revive:
In harmony we all shall live,
In Virtue train'd, enlighten'd Youth
And future years shall prove the truth
Then let us toast with three times three