Famous quotes containing the word jolly:
“now I discerne they goe on a Pilgrimage
Towards Loves holy land, faire Paphos or Cyprus.
Such devotion is meete for a blithesome age;
With sweet youth, it agrees well to be amorous.
Let olde angrie fathers lurke in an Hermitage:
Come, weele associate this jolly Pilgrimage!”
—Thomas Campion (15671620)
“As I went on Yule day
In our procession,
Knew I jolly Jankin
By his merry tone
Kyrie eleison.”
—Unknown. Jolly Jankin (l. Chorus.)
“Troll the bowl, the jolly nut-brown bowl,
And here, kind mate, to thee!
Lets sing a dirge for Saint Hughs soul,
And down it merrily.”
—Thomas Dekker (1572?1632?)
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