ONE THOUSAND FAMOUS THINGS 81

Laugh On

LAUGH on, fair Cousins, for to you
All life is joyous yet j
Your hearts have all things to pursue,

And nothing to regret;
And every flower to you is fair,

And every month is May :
You've not been introduced to Care :
Laugh on, laugh on, today I

Perhaps your eyes may grow more bright

As childhood's hues depart;
You may be lovelier to the sight

And dearer to the heart;
You may be sinless still, and see

This earth still green and gay ;
But what you are you will not be.

Laugh on, laugh on, today !

O'er me have many winters crept

With less of grief than joy ;
But I have learned and toiled and wept;

I am no more a boy.
I've never had the gout, tis true ;

My hair is hardly grey ;
But now I cannot laugh like you :

Laugh on, laugh on, today.

I used to have as glad a face,

As shadowless a brow ;
I once could run as blithe a race

As you are running now;
But never mind how I behave:

Don't interrupt your play ;
And though I feel so very grave

Laugh on, laugh on, today !

Winthrop Mackworth Praed

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There He Left a Friend
ris magic was not far to seek,
He was so human. Whether strong or weak,
Far from his kind he neither sank nor soared,
But sate an equal guest at every board :
No beggar ever felt him condescend,
No prince presume ; for still himself he bare
At manhood's simple level, and where'er
He met a stranger, there he left a friend.
Russell Lowell on Agassiz
F.T.—6