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GLEE FOR ADVERSITY.
Never give up, when Fortune frowns!
She can look foul and fair.
Full is her scale of ups and downs;
Fickle her smile as the air.
Never look glum, when the skies look black!
Terrors dissolve in the day.
Clouds have the sun just at their back;
He'll scatter them all away.
She can look foul and fair.
Full is her scale of ups and downs;
Fickle her smile as the air.
Never look glum, when the skies look black!
Terrors dissolve in the day.
Clouds have the sun just at their back;
He'll scatter them all away.
Never sit down in the blues or dumps!
Troubles insure a variety.
Would not life's path, but for humps and bumps,
Prove but a smooth satiety?
Never feel sad, if friends grow cold,
When you 've the breakers to weather!
Summer and flies, from the days of old,
But come and depart together.
Troubles insure a variety.
Would not life's path, but for humps and bumps,
Prove but a smooth satiety?
Never feel sad, if friends grow cold,
When you 've the breakers to weather!
Summer and flies, from the days of old,
But come and depart together.
When your old cloak grows tender and thin,
Ague and tempest may shake you:—
Keep a bright spirit still warm within;
Never let patience forsake you!
Never give up, though bitter your cup!
Life is a quick-told story:—
Home is not far, where yonder bright Star
Points you to rest, and to glory!
Ague and tempest may shake you:—
Keep a bright spirit still warm within;
Never let patience forsake you!
Never give up, though bitter your cup!
Life is a quick-told story:—
Home is not far, where yonder bright Star
Points you to rest, and to glory!
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