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SANDY STAR: 2. LAUGHING IT OUT by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE

First Line: HE HAD A WHIM, AND LAUGHED IT OUT
Last Line: A FAITH IN DEATH WHICH MADE LIFE BOLDER.
Subject(s): LAUGHTER;
He had a whim, and laughed it out
Upon the exit of a chance;
He floundered in a sea of doubt —
If life was real — or just romance.

Sometimes upon his brow would come
A little pucker of defiance;
He totalled in a word the sum
Of all man made of facts and science.

And then a hearty laugh would break,
A reassuring shrug of shoulder;
And we would from his fancy take
A faith in death which made life bolder.



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