"Why Should We Idly Waste Our Prime" is an English poem written by Robert Burns.
'Tis said that Kings can do no wrong — Their murderous deeds deny it, And, since from us their power is sprung, We have a right to try it.
Proud Priests and Bishops we'll translate And canonize as Martyrs; The guillotine on Peers shall wait; And Knights shall hang in garters.
Those Despots long have trode us down, And Judges are their engines: Such wretched minions of a Crown Demand the people's vengeance!
The Golden Age we'll then revive: Each man will be a brother; In harmony we all shall live, And share the earth together; In Virtue train'd, enlighten'd Youth Will love each fellow-creature; And future years shall prove the truth That Man is good by nature: Then let us toast with three times three The reign of Peace and Libertie!