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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DO SOMETHING, by LUCY LARCOM Poet's Biography
First Line: If the world seems cool to you
Last Line: Blends with hope's bright river.
Variant Title(s): Three Old Saws
Subject(s): Life; Rainbows
First Line: If the world seems cool to you
Last Line: Blends with hope's bright river.
Variant Title(s): Three Old Saws
Subject(s): Life; Rainbows
IF the world seems cool to you,
Kindle fires to warm it!
Let their comfort hide from you
Winters that deform it.
Hearts as frozen as your own
To that radiance gather;
You will soon forget to moan,
"Ah! the cheerless weather!"
If the world's a "vale of tears,"
Smile till rainbows span it;
Breathe the love that life endears --
Clear from clouds to fan it.
Of your gladness lend a gleam
Unto souls that shiver;
Show them how dark sorrow's stream
Blends with hope's bright river.
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