SOLITUDE.
Laugh, and the world laughs with you : Weep, and you weep alone; For the sad old earth Must borrow its mirth, lt has trouble enough of its own. Sing, and the hills will answer; Sigh, it is lost on the air ; The echoes bound To a joyful sound, But shrink from voicing care. Rejoice, and men will seek you; Grieve, and they turn and go; They want full measure Of all your pleasure, But they do not want your woe. Be glad, and your friends aro many; Be sad, and you lose them all; There are none to decline Your nectared wine, But alone you must drink life's gall. Feast, and your halls are crowded ; Fast, and the world goes by ; Succeed and give, And it helps you live, But it cannot help you die. * There is room m the halls of pleasure For a long and JordJy train; But one by one We must all file on Through the narrow aisles of pain. —Ella Wilcox.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10574, 27 January 1906, Page 2 (Supplement)
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167SOLITUDE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10574, 27 January 1906, Page 2 (Supplement)
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