Dark though the clouds, they are silver-lined; (@3This is the stuff that they like to read.@1) If Winter comes, Spring is right behind; (@3This is the stuff that the people need.@1) Smile, and the World will smile back at you; Aim with a grin, and you cannot miss; Laugh off your woes, and you won't feel blue. (@3Poetry pays when it's done like this.@1) Whatever is, is completely sweet; (@3This is the stuff that will bring in gold.@1) Just to be living's a perfect treat; (@3This is the stuff that will knock them cold.@1) How could we, any of us, be sad? -- Always our blessings outweigh our ills; Always there's something to make us glad. (@3This is the way you can pay your bills.@1) Everything's great, in this good old world; (@3This is the stuff they can always use.@1) God's in His heaven, the hill's dew-pearled; (@3This will provide for the baby's shoes.@1) Hunger and War do not mean a thing; -- Everything's rosy, where'er we roam; Hark, how the little birds gaily sing! (@3This is what fetches the bacon home.@1) | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BY WAY OF EXPLANATION by VIRGINIA A. ALLIN WHAT MAKES A NATION GREAT? by ALEXANDER BLACKBURN THE PAST by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT SPRING SONG IN THE CITY by ROBERT WILLIAMS BUCHANAN FOURTH BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 8 by THOMAS CAMPION THE LAND OF EXILE by CH'U YUAN FLOWER BEDS IN THE TUILERIES by GRACE ELLERY CHANNING-STETSON DAISY SWAIN, THE FLOWER OF SHENADOAH; A TALE OF THE REBELLION: 1 by JOHN M. DAGNALL |