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THE PESSIMIST by ANONYMOUS

First Line: THE PESSIMIST'S A CHEERLESS MAN
Last Line: "MOST WRETCHED OF ALL MEN IS HE, / BECAUSE HIS HOPE IS DEAD"
Subject(s): PESSIMISM;
The pessimist's a cheerless man;
To him the world's a place
Of anxious thoughts and clouds and gloom;
Smiles visit not his face.

Though brightest sunshine floods the earth,
And flowers are all ablow,
He spreads depression where he can
By dismal tales of woe.

The pessimist's a hopeless man,
He's full of doubt and fear;
No radiant visions come to him
Of glad days drawing near.

The pessimist's a joyless man,
He finds no sweet delight
In making this a happier world,
In fighting for the right.

He views the future with alarm,
He sees no light ahead;
Most wretched of all men is he,
Because his hope is dead.



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