Life is a jest;  
  Take the delight of it.  
  Laughter is best;  
  Sing through the night of it.  
  Swiftly the tear  
  And the hurt and the ache of it  
  Find us down here;  
  Life must be what we make of it.
Life, stanza 1, All That Matters, p. 80 (1922).











