Pierre Jean de Beranger

From 'The Gipsies'

(LES BOHEMIENS) To see is to have. Come, hurry anew! Life on the wing Is a rapturous thing. To see is to have. Come, hurry anew! For to see the world is to conquer it too. *      *      *      *      * So naught do we own, from pride left free, From statutes vain, From heavy chain; So naught do we own, from pride left free,-- Cradle nor house nor coffin have we. But credit our jollity none the less, Noble or priest, or Servant or master; But credit our jollity none the less. -- Liberty always means happiness.