The path of sorrow, and that path alone,
Leads to the lands where sorrow is unknown.

The path of sorrow, and that path alone,
Leads to the lands where sorrow is unknown.

I walked a mile with Pleasure,
She chattered all the way;
But left me none the wiser,
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I walked a mile with Pleasure,
She chattered all the way;
But left me none the wiser,
For all she had to say.
I walked a mile with Sorrow
And ne'er a word said she;
But, oh, the things I learned from her
When Sorrow walked with me!

When sparrows build and the leaves break forth
My old sorrow wakes and cries.

When sparrows build and the leaves break forth
My old sorrow wakes and cries.

Our days and nights
Have sorrows woven with delights.

Our days and nights
Have sorrows woven with delights.

O, sorrow!
Why dost borrow
Heart's lightness from the merriment of May?

O, sorrow!
Why dost borrow
Heart's lightness from the merriment of May?

Sinks my sad soul with sorrow to the grave.

Sinks my sad soul with sorrow to the grave.

It's not hard to find the truth. What is hard is not to run away from it once you have read more

It's not hard to find the truth. What is hard is not to run away from it once you have found it.

Sorrow preys upon
Its solitude, and nothing more diverts it
From its sad visions of the other read more

Sorrow preys upon
Its solitude, and nothing more diverts it
From its sad visions of the other world
Than calling it at moments back to this.
The busy have no time for tears.

There are two ways of meeting difficulties: You alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them.

There are two ways of meeting difficulties: You alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them.