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BE OUR FORTUNES AS THEY MAY
Be our fortunes as they may,
Touched with loss or sorrow,
Saddest eyes that weep to-day
May be glad to-morrow.
Touched with loss or sorrow,
Saddest eyes that weep to-day
May be glad to-morrow.
Yesterday the rain was here,
And the winds were blowing—
Sky and earth and atmosphere
Brimmed and overflowing.
And the winds were blowing—
Sky and earth and atmosphere
Brimmed and overflowing.
But to-day the sun is out,
And the drear November
We were then so vexed about
Now we scarce remember.
And the drear November
We were then so vexed about
Now we scarce remember.
Yesterday you lost a friend—
Bless your heart and love it!—
For you scarce could comprehend
All the aching of it;—
Bless your heart and love it!—
For you scarce could comprehend
All the aching of it;—
But I sing to you and say:
Let the lost friend sorrow—
Here's another come to-day,
Others may to-morrow.
Let the lost friend sorrow—
Here's another come to-day,
Others may to-morrow.
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