Poem
Reading edition
A little laughter, and a few short days And Life is done: The race throughout this long bewildering maze Is quickly run. A little friendship, and a word or so With worth half guessed— And then a-weary to long sleep we go, And that is best. Life is a little while to dream our dreams Before we rest— And Life to us is always what it seems: That is Life’s jest. A little hope, a friendship which might live, The laughing sun, A tear, a star, is all Life has to give Ere Life be done. R. C. BATES.