For a few years now, I have been searching for the source of a quotation:
 
"He bids the ruddy cup go round, till sense and sorrow both are drowned"

I have seen this attributed to Shakespeare, but I can't find it using
the web based Shakespeare search engines I have tried.  

Thanks,  Chris

Hello.

The source is a poem called "Rokeby" (1813) by Sir Walter Scott.

From Canto 4, Stanza XV:

...As one victorious o'er Despair,
He bids the ruddy cup go round,
Till sense and sorrow both are drown'd;
And soon, in merry wassail, he,
The life of all their revelry,
Peals his loud song!--The muse has found
Her blossoms on the wildest ground,
Mid noxious weeds at random strew'd,
Themselves all profitless and rude."

source: Newsgroup message, archived by Google Groups:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.vampyres/msg/bc6649c2f664c574?&hl=en&q=%22ruddy+cup+go

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search strategy:
google groups: "ruddy cup go"

I hope this helps.

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Clarification of Answer by juggler-ga on 06 Oct 2005 14:39 PDT

That should have read: "Canto 3, Stanza XV"

Just what I needed - quickly found.  Thank you!