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THE HAPPY DAYS OF YORE.
III.
Never look back to search for store of sorrow;
Memory should be the vassal of the Will.
Enough of care the day—enough the morrow
Will bring to prove what firmness nerves us still.
Pause o'er each bliss the retrospect discloses,
Then boldly turn to meet what lies before.
Sweet is the Past, though wither'd are its roses;
Then drink the days—the happy days of yore.
Never look back to search for store of sorrow;
Memory should be the vassal of the Will.
Enough of care the day—enough the morrow
Will bring to prove what firmness nerves us still.
Pause o'er each bliss the retrospect discloses,
Then boldly turn to meet what lies before.
Sweet is the Past, though wither'd are its roses;
Then drink the days—the happy days of yore.