THE MAN WHO CAN FIGHT AND SMILE
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There is need in the world of men to-day
For the man who can fight and smile;
For the man who can to the field away
With a song on his lips the while.
There is need in the world of women to-day
For the woman who smiles and gives;
Who can hide her tears and her deep dismay,
While in sorrow she works and lives.
There are tears enough in the world to-day,
With its strife and bloodshed and grief;
We must lift our hearts from the clouds of gray,
And so glimpse the sunshine brief.
We must fight with a faith as well as a will,
For faith will make victory sure;
With the knowledge that right shall triumph still,
And bring a peace to endure.
So here's to the man who can fight and smile,
And the woman who smiles as she gives;
And here's to the end of war's dreadful night
And the dawn of the peace that lives.
