Canadian Singers and Their Songs/Douglas Leader Durkin

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Douglas Leader Durkin3036314Canadian Singers and Their Songs — A Little Philosophy1919Edward S. Caswell


DOUGLAS LEADER DURKIN

AUTHOR OF "THE FIGHTING MEN OF CANADA."

A Little Philosophy




What is a world, my boy?

A little rain, a little sun,
A little shore where ripples run,
A little green upon the hill,
A little glade, a little rill,
A little day with skies above,
A little night where shadows move,
A little work for men to do,
A little play for such as you;
A passing night, a coming morn,
A coming love, a passing scorn;
A blackest cloud a little bit,
With silver on the rim of it;
A little trouble, lots of joy—
And there you have a world, my boy

Douglas L. Durkin