Classic Poem

Do not spend your time in fretting;
Spend it, rather, in forgetting
Little things that wound you so.
Do not let the whole world know
That you'd rather sit a-grieving
When you might be out relieving
Pain and care. Rise up, be true!
Just find something good to do.

When your days are full of sighing,
Don't give up, but keep on trying
Some good cause to help along,
You will soon forget the wrong
That the dismal days are bringing,
If you time your work to singing.
When your skies are dark in hue,
Just find something good to do.

When your life seems full of trouble,
Pain and care will always double,
If you talk about your woes;
Also will your skies disclose
Brighter tints upon the morrow,
When the lessons taught by sorrow
Help instead of hinder you.
Just find something good to do.

Spend no time in dull repining;
Everywhere the sun is shining.
And the future ways are bright,
If we truly see aright.
Life is what we make it, truly,
And 'twill seldom go unruly
If the right course we pursue —
Just find something good to do.