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Life like ours is April weather;
Tears and smiles, smiles and tears,
Sighs and laughter linked together;
Fears and hopes, hopes and fears,
Storm and sunshine, hither, thither,
Shifting through the spheres.
Love alluring, harming, healing;
Bliss his Yes! Woe his No!
Fortune's smile and frown revealing
Foe in friend, friend in foe;
Mirth to-day, to-morrow Sorrow
Guiding as we go.