WORTH WHILE.
Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows atom; like a song; But the man worth while is the one who will smile When eierjthin.' goes dead wrong; For the test of the heart is trouble, And it always conies with the years, And the smile thtt is worth the praise of earth Is the smile that comes through tears, It is eaiy enough to be prudent, When nothing trinpti yon to stray; When without or within no voice of sin Is luring your soul away; But it's only a negative virtus Until it is tried by Are, And the life that is worth the, honour Of earth Is the one that resists de-ire. By the cynic, the sad, the fallen, Who had'no strength for the strife, ■ The world's highway is cumbered to-day; , They make ii» the item of life, " But the virtue th»t conquers passion, And the sorrow that limns in a smileIt is these that are worth the homage of earth, ' For we find them bat ones in a while. > < ' — -•-■- km.* Wheeler Wilcox..
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10428, 28 April 1897, Page 3
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178WORTH WHILE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10428, 28 April 1897, Page 3
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