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Be Our Fortunes As They May

    By James Whitcomb Riley



    Be our fortunes as they may,
        Touched with loss or sorrow,
    Saddest eyes that weep to-day
        May be glad to-morrow.

    Yesterday the rain was here,
        And the winds were blowing -
    Sky and earth and atmosphere
        Brimmed and overflowing.

    But to-day the sun is out,
        And the drear November
    We were then so vexed about
        Now we scarce remember.

    Yesterday you lost a friend -
        Bless your heart and love it! -
    For you scarce could comprehend
        All the aching of it; -

    But I sing to you and say:
        Let the lost friend sorrow -
    Here's another come to-day,
        Others may to-morrow.



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