Living
Keep Busy
From Oklahoma Sunshine (1905)
Living
Don't sit down so lonesome
Through the speeding years;
Drink the wines of gladness
And forget the tears.
Life goes down the distance
Swift as eagle's flight;
Stop to say "Good-morning."
And it ends "Good-night!"
Cite this poem
MLA
Miller, Freeman E. “Keep Busy.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/miller_fe/203/.
Chicago
Miller, Freeman E. “Keep Busy.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/miller_fe/203/.
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