Cheer up! for the sun is a-shining Somewhere, in the heart of the sky; Cheer up! for the folly of whining Is close to the sin of a lie. Cheer up! for the burden of sorrow Has ever a coming relief; Cheer up! there's a brighter to-morrow; Cheer up! there's an ending of grief. Cheer up! or the present is wasted, The beautiful, only, to-day; Cheer up! till a beaker is tasted Why turn in abhorrence away? Cheer up! for good sense is a leaven To lighten the load of a fear; Cheer up! for all God and all heaven Are offered, and eager, and here. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CRADLE SONG by WILLIAM BLAKE A SONG [OF DIVINE LOVE] by RICHARD CRASHAW RIDDLE by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD TO THE DECEASED AUTHOR, UPON THE PROMISCUOUS PRINTING OF HIS POEMS by THOMAS BROWNE SLEEP, BABY, SLEEP by EDOUARD JOACHIM CORBIERE |