Show WHITHER SULKY NOR SAD Merry and gay Thats methats May Happy and free Thats May thats me T Dyou see Thats me As Im known to my dad But Im sulky and sad He will say On a day That Im silently thoughtful Sulkyoh nay Not me not May And sadCant be Not May Not me Rut why Should I Not be thoughtful sometimes And reflect on my crimes And refuse If I choose Now and then to be sportful Does the sun shine always as strong Do the seasons never chnnse Is life ever rightnever wrong Can we these matters arrange Contrasts are welcome and pleasant To peer to poet or peasant And our moods as they pass Like the sand through the glass If theyre left to run outj Very soon turn about > And the thought In the face Then to laughter gives place And gravity changes to mirth So then my dear dad Its not very bad Nor sulky nor sad am I ever Though just a wee bit Of a thoughtful fit Will possess me spite my endeavor A S Homewood in Good Words I |