Keep Smiling

Keep Smiling It's easy for a man to smile, On life's brief undulating mile, When things are right, and all the while Keep Smiling. But when the things we cherish go, And through our lives reverses flow, It's hard to smile, but weal or woe, Keep Smiling. When angry clouds go rolling by, Across the last blue strip of sky, And tear drops spargle in your eye, Keep Smiling. A smile upon a heart of pain Is like a rainbow, in the rain, Entangled in a golden chain Bright bending over hill and plain; Keep Smiling. Take to your heart this simple thought And hold it tight, it helps a lot, If you can smile no matter what, Keep Smiling. If you can stand right up and grin With a sore, bleeding heart within, Your goal is yours; you're sure to win. Keep Smiling. Our woes are temporary things. In every human ill that springs The bird of hope divinely sings. Keep Smiling. Don't let the heart within you die; The spring will brighten up the sky, And faith will triumph by and by; Keep Smiling. — Theodore E. Curtis.