HOW TO BE HAPPY.
Take a pair of sparkling eyes, Hidden, ever and anon, In a merciful eclipse— Do not heed their wild surprise— Having passed the Rubicon. Take a pair of rosy lips; Take a figure trimly planned— Such as admiration whets (Be particular in this). Take a tender little hand. Fringed with dainty fingerettes, Press it in parenthesis ; Take all these, you lucky man— Take and keep them if you can Take a pretty little cot Quite a miniature affair— Hung about with trellised vine Furnish it upon the spot With the treasures rich and rare I’ve endeavoured to define. Live to love and love to live— You will ripen at your ease. Growing on the sunny side— Fate has nothing more to give. You’re a dainty man to please If you are not satisfied. Take my counsel, happy man — Act upon it, if you can.
W.S. Gilbert.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 5, 30 January 1892, Page 113
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150HOW TO BE HAPPY. New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 5, 30 January 1892, Page 113
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