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A PROVERB.
“A merry heart goes all the way,
Your sad heart tires in a mile-a!”
And well for the happy one to say,
Made glad by your smile a while, ha!
Your sad heart tires in a mile-a!”
And well for the happy one to say,
Made glad by your smile a while, ha!
If your smile may be for only a day,
Might it last for even a mile-a,
How happy could I be, would you say
“I will walk with you that mile”! Ah!
Might it last for even a mile-a,
How happy could I be, would you say
“I will walk with you that mile”! Ah!
O sad sad heart! for she turn'd away:
We had not travel'd a mile-a.
There's nothing for it but Welladay
And Alas for the loss of a smile! ha!
We had not travel'd a mile-a.
There's nothing for it but Welladay
And Alas for the loss of a smile! ha!
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