--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 3 number: 3 published: 1900-01 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "We Are Not Here to Sigh: A Poem," *Improvement Era* 3, no. 3 (January 1900): 189.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera33unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera33unse start_page: 189 end_page: 189 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1900-01) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera33unse publication_year: 1900 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1900, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # We Are Not Here to Sigh: A Poem 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!"