Live it Down.
Has your life a bitter sorrow ? " Live it down. Think about a bright tomorrow, : Liv* it down. You' will find it never pay ? jn3tsosit, wet-syed, and gazs On th© grave of vanished days ; Live.it down. Js disgrace your galling burden ? Live it dow.l ‘ You can win a brave heart's guerdon ; Live it down. Make.your life so free of blame, That the lustre of your fame, Sha'l hi le ail the olden shame ; Lira it down. Has your heart a secret trouble ? Live it dpvn Usalul griefs will make it double, Live it down. Do not water it with tf)a.rs — Do not feed it with yqur fears Do not nurse it .through the years Live it down you made spam awful error ? Live it down. Donot hide youy face in terrpr ; Llveitdow,n Look the world square jin the eyes ; 1 Go ahead as one wiio tries To be honoured, ere he dies ; Live it down. —The Sunny Hour.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 907, 19 July 1889, Page 4
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160Live it Down. New Zealand Mail, Issue 907, 19 July 1889, Page 4
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