Living

The Sunny Side

by Freeman E. Miller 1864–1951

From Oklahoma Sunshine (1905)

Living

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!

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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