"THE WAY OF THE WORLD."
"Student," Masterton, writes:— "Can you tell me to what poem the following lines belong: 'Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone.' I have made enquiries but cannot ascertain from what poem they are taken." The lines are from "The Way of thejjWorld." The poem is by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, and is as follows: THE WAY OF TUB WORLD. Laugh, and the world laughs with you Weep, and you weep alone; For the Gad old earth, Must borrow its mirth, It has troubles enough of Ha own. Bo glad, and your friends are many; Be sad, and you lose them all; Thero are none to decline Your nectared wine,. But alone you must drink life's gall. Feast, aud your halls are crowded ; Fast, and the world goes by; Suooeed and give, Aud it.helps you live, But it cannot help you die. There is iu the halls oC pleasure For a long aud lordly train; But one by one Wo must all file on Through the narrow isles of paiu.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8237, 15 September 1906, Page 6
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178"THE WAY OF THE WORLD." Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8237, 15 September 1906, Page 6
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