Living
The Sunny Side
From Oklahoma Sunshine (1905)
Oh, no matter what the weeping,
Or what awful ills betide!
Let us walk the ways of gladness
On the happy, sunny side!
When the sorrows come and settle
With their tears and cares and pride,
Don't believe their tales of sadness,
For there's still a sunny side!
What's the use to go to weeping
When the shadows wander wide?
For the sun is shining somewhere
And there's yet a sunny side!
It's no diff'rence what the weather,
What the flow of wind or tide;
There's the holy joy of living
And God keeps a sunny side!
Cite this poem
MLA
Miller, Freeman E. “The Sunny Side.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/miller_fe/202/.
Chicago
Miller, Freeman E. “The Sunny Side.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/miller_fe/202/.
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