The Life We Live
(By AY alt Mason
. .. | Tins lift*, my friends, is j lw t the thing: one day We weep, the next we «mg; to-day we whoop, to-morrow wail, which keep* lis all] from going stale. ns °" 1 ' and years advanw, Me never know just what will ch'amfo! to-morrow'* im.wtmV* nro hid, and she is sitting on tlio lid. and what she •ins in her old chest can norer be bv 'Mortal guessed. And that is wl.v tbLs 8 • snbli »' <? «>ul why we, hare so greht a time. If we could in the future trend, if we could .see a year ahead and know just what the gods will mmk].. the «j>ico of life would have an end. ' ''e unexpected is the *tuff that makes this planet good enough. At morn von n«>. depressed, and say, "I f ea r 'twill ho •«. lonesome day. with none to brush a y n, - v <>'' tie some tassels on my oars " And while you rai.se » mournful dm, your aunt and .seven led* blow with baggage I>n «kod in trunk and crate, to .stay six months, or maybe e.ght. »Ti« then that vou. with buoyant mirth, rear up and bless vour native earth.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 2 October 1916, Page 2
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201The Life We Live Horowhenua Chronicle, 2 October 1916, Page 2
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