This world is a sad, sad place I know;
And what soul living can doubt it.
But it will not lessen the want and woe,
To be always singing about it.


Shells (1873)


This world is a sad, sad place I know; And what soul living can doubt it. But it will not lessen the want and woe, To be always singing about it.

This world is a sad, sad place I know; And what soul living can doubt it. But it will not lessen the want and woe, To be always singing about it.

This world is a sad, sad place I know; And what soul living can doubt it. But it will not lessen the want and woe, To be always singing about it.

This world is a sad, sad place I know; And what soul living can doubt it. But it will not lessen the want and woe, To be always singing about it.