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Life Is What We Make It.


Edgar A. Guest


Life is a jest;

     Take the delight of it.

Laughter is best;

     Sing through the night of it.

Swiftly the tear

     And the hurt and the ache of it

Find us down here;

     Life must be what we make of it.



Life is a song;

     Dance to the thrill of it.

Grief’s hours are long,

     And cold is the chill of it.

Joy is man’s need;

     Let us smile for the sake of it.

This be our creed:

     Life must be what we make of it.



Life is a soul;

     The virtue and the vice of it,

Strife for a goal,

     And man’s strength is the price of it

Your life and mine,

     The bare bread and the cake of it

End in this line:

     Life must be what we make of it.

                1921

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