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We Are Not Here to Sigh: A Poem

Improvement Era, vol. 3, no. 3, January 1900, p. 189

Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations

WE ARE NOT HERE TO SIGH.

"We are not here to sigh and moan And make our kindred sad:— We're here to do the best we can Toward making others glad. Cheer up, cheer up, and do not fret, If things don't come your way;

Be glad that some one else has luck,— You'll have your turn some day. But until then just try to be As cheerful as you can, For gloomy ways and gloomy speech Are man's worst gifts to man!"