The Music that Carries.

Free Lance, Volume VI, Issue 282, 25 November 1905, Page 18

The Music that Carries.

I've toiled with the men the woild has blessed, And I've toiled with the men who failed , I've toiled with men who fatiove with zest, And I've toiled with the men who wailed. And this is the tale 1 my soul would tell, As it drifts o'er the harbour bai . The sounds of a sigh don't carry well, But the lilt of a laugh rings far. The men who were near the grumbler "b side, Ofi, thery heard not a word, he said, The sounds of a song 1 atiig far and wide, And they hearkened to that instead. Its tones were sweet as the tales they tell Of the rise of the Christmas star — The sounds of a sigh don't carry well But the lilt of a laugh rings fax. If you wouJd be heard at all, my lad, Keep a laugh in your heart and throat; For those who are deaf to accents sad Are alert to the cheerful note. Keep hold on the chord of laughter's bell, Keep aloof from the moams that mar ; The sounds of a sigh don't carry well But the lilt of a laugh rinps far. —Strickland W. Gilfilan.