Life.

by Paul Laurence Dunbar

A CRUST of bread and a corner to sleep in,
A minute to smile and an hour to weep in,
A pint of joy to a peck of trouble,
And never a laugh but the moans come double;
And that is life!

A crust and a corner that love makes precious,
With the smile to warm and the tears to re-
fresh us;
And joy seems sweeter when cares come after,
And a moan is the finest of foils for laughter;
And that is life!