SOLITUDE.
Laugh, and the world laughs with you • \\ eep, and you.« oep along, For the sad old earth mu«t burrow its mirth, But bas trouble enough of its own. Sing, and the hills will answer : Sigb, it is lost on the air. The echoes bound to a joyful sound, s jifcit shrink from voicing care*. Rejoice, and men will seek you; Grieve, an t the}’ turn and go. They want full measure of ail your pleasure, But they do not need your woe. Be glad, and your friends are many ; lie sad, and you i->se them all. There are none to decline your neefcared wine But alone you must drtfik life’s gall. Feast, an 1 your halls nrc cro vded; Fast, and the world goes by, Succeed and give, and it helps you live, But no man can help you die. There is room in the halls of pleasure For a largely and lordly train, But one by one \»e must all file on Through the narrow aisles of pain.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 478, 7 June 1890, Page 8
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170SOLITUDE. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 478, 7 June 1890, Page 8
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