Poems

Chapter 35: LAUGH AND BE HAPPY.

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A compact collection of short lyrics and occasional longer pieces that pair devotional reflection with sentimental and patriotic themes. Poems move between nature scenes, seascapes, and seasonal detail to explore faith, hope, duty, and the consolations of memory. Language tends toward clear, hymnlike phrasing and moral admonition, with moments of celebratory exhortation and public commemoration interspersed among intimate domestic and pastoral sketches.

LAUGH AND BE HAPPY.

Laugh and be happy, laugh while you may,

Laugh 'mid the wild, rushing storms of to-day;

Breasting the current when downward it trends,

Grand is the battle if grandly it ends.

Laugh and be happy; laugh, it is best,

Sailing the wide sweeping sea of unrest;

Though the dark billows are running so high,

Courage! my brother, the haven is nigh.

Laugh and be happy, laugh while you may,

Laugh 'mid the wild, rushing storms of to-day;

Faith, like a beacon light, woos us along,

Fill the glad moments with laughter and song.