Classic Poem

" Such is life! " the young man cries,
Who has yet to know it.
" Such is life! " the old man sighs,
When about to blow it.

Life is but " a fleeting show, "
In Tom Moore's conclusion;
Life it but a vale of woe,
Given for man's illusion.

But 'tis not a fleeting show;
It is deeper, denser.
Would you really like to know?
Hark to Herbert Spencer:

" Life is the definite combination of
heterogeneous changes, both simultaneous
and successive, in correspondence with
external co-existences and sequences. "

Such is life! When overwrought,
Meditate upon it.
Memorize that golden thought;
Paste it in your bonnet.