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THE BRIMMED CUP by CLINTON SCOLLARD

First Line: WHATE'ER COME AFTER / TO-DAY I'LL LIVE WITH LAUGHTER
Last Line: O JUST TO-DAY TO LIVE TO THE FULL WITH LAUGHTER!
WHATE'ER come after
To-day I'll live with laughter, --
Brook-mirth, bird-joyance, and the buoyant glee
Of the impassioned sea;
Yea, and the quiet joy
Grasses employ;
And every flower,
And each abundant shower;
The ecstasy, the madness,
The primal gladness,
Hid at the roots of trees;
Rapture of bees,
The exuberance of the breeze, --
All these, whate'er come after!
O just to-day to live to the full with laughter!



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