Life is a jest;
Take the delight in it.
Laugher is the best;
Sing through the night of it.
Swiftly the tear
And the hurt and the ach of it.
Find us down here;
Life must be what we make of it.
Life is a song;
Dance to the thrill of it.
Grief's hours are long,
And cold is the chill of it.
Joy is One's need;
Let us smile for the sake of it.
This be our creed:
Life must be what we make of it.
Life is soul;
The virtue and vice of it,
Strife for a Goal,
And One's strength is the price of it.
Your life and Mine,
The bare bread and the cake of it
End in this line:
Life must be what we make of it.
~Edgar A. Guest
