BUILD FOR YOURSELF a strong box, Fashion each part with care; When it's strong as your hand can make it, Put all your troubles there; Hide there all thought of your failures, And each bitter cup that you quaff; Lock all your heartaches within it, Then sit on the lid and laugh. Tell no one else its contents, Never its secrets share; When you've dropped in your care and worry Keep them forever there; Hide them from sight so completely That the world will never dream half; Fasten the strong box securely -- Then sit on the lid and laugh. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CITY VIGNETTE: DAWN by SARA TEASDALE TO AN AEOLIAN HARP by SARA TEASDALE IN THE WILDERNESS by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES THE LOST SHEEP by SARAH PRATT MCCLAIN GREENE THE LILY IN CRYSTAL by ROBERT HERRICK OF AN ORCHARD by KATHARINE TYNAN |