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KEEP THE HEART LIGHT AS YOU CAN.
We have always enough to bear,—
We have always a something to do,—
We have never to seek for care,
When we have the world to get through!
But what though Adversity test
The courage and vigour of man?—
They get through misfortune the best
Who keep the heart light as they can!
Though there's always enough to bear,
There is always a something to do;
We have never to seek for care,
When we have the world to get through!
We have always a something to do,—
We have never to seek for care,
When we have the world to get through!
But what though Adversity test
The courage and vigour of man?—
They get through misfortune the best
Who keep the heart light as they can!
Though there's always enough to bear,
There is always a something to do;
We have never to seek for care,
When we have the world to get through!
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If we shake not the load from the mind,
Our energy's sure to be gone;
We must wrestle with care, or we'll find
Two loads are less easy than one!
To sit in disconsolate mood
Is a poor and a profitless plan;
The true heart is never subdued,
If we keep it as light as we can.
Though there's always enough to bear,
There is always a something to do;
We have never to seek for care,
When we have the world to get through.
Our energy's sure to be gone;
We must wrestle with care, or we'll find
Two loads are less easy than one!
To sit in disconsolate mood
Is a poor and a profitless plan;
The true heart is never subdued,
If we keep it as light as we can.
Though there's always enough to bear,
There is always a something to do;
We have never to seek for care,
When we have the world to get through.
There's nothing that sorrow can yield,
Excepting a harvest of pain;
Far better to seek fortune's field,
And till it and plough it again!
The weight that Exertion can move,
The gloom that Decision may span,
The manhood within us but prove!—
Then keep the heart light as you can.
Though there's always enough to bear,
There is always a something to do;
We have never to seek for care,
When we have the world to get through!
Excepting a harvest of pain;
Far better to seek fortune's field,
And till it and plough it again!
The weight that Exertion can move,
The gloom that Decision may span,
The manhood within us but prove!—
Then keep the heart light as you can.
Though there's always enough to bear,
There is always a something to do;
We have never to seek for care,
When we have the world to get through!
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