You and Me

When we think of all the care

That made life's burden great,

We long for the passing year

To close our sad book of Fate:

But if we should stop a while,

And think once the other way,

Life would be just all a smile,

As we, go on day by day.





We should never make day night

For to darken life,'s good view;

Round that turning is the light

That shines as a guide to you:

Think of all that's really good,

Then make it your daily rule;

Smile with Nature's Brotherhood,

And none make your footstool.





A proverb for every day,

And one more for each good night,

Should make life so pleasant, yea,

Would lead us to live all right:

Turn not from sane rectitude,

But make life just like a song,

Go ye not with the multitude

To any path that's wholly wrong.