NEVER TROUBLE, TROUBLE.
Look* on the bright side always, ' It does not do to mope : Don't say, "I fear" "I'm dreading''^ But just, "I trust and hope". Don't look for storm and tempest While skies are bright and blue. Just never trouble trouble Till trouble troubles you. Some folks are always croaking From sunrise to sunset;■-.-. They rail against the weather. Be it hot or cold or wet "The. frost will kill the peaches,' 7 "The drought will kill the wheat,' '. "The rain will drown the harvests And we'll have no bread to eat". Don't you dread conflagrations Because the fireflies glow, Or dream of wild tornadoes Whenever zephyrs blow : Don't think that floods are coming When it rains a drop or two, Oh never trouble trouble Until trouble troubles "■■you.'. For half the evils dreaded . Will never come to pass And you miss the present brightness While you sit, and sigh,. "Alas", . Take the blossom bright and glowing^ Though a worm be at the root, Nor let one spot upon the rind Spoil all the mellow fruit. Make the best of what is given Without looking for the ill : So will all your joys be doubled And your -woes diminish still. Rejoice in all the sunshine ; *"■"; Of the world you journey through, Arid never trouble trouble Until trouble troubles you. """-"--■*■■--"«*••
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Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 58, 4 March 1902, Page 4
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