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Life has its shadows, as well as its sun; / Its lights and its shades, all twined together. / I tried to single them out, one by one, / Single and count them, determining whether / There was less blue than there was gray, / And more of the deep night than of the day. / But dear me, dear me, my task's but begun, / And I am not half way into the sun.
For the longer I look on the bright side of earth, / The more of the beautiful do I discover; / And really, I never knew what life was worth / Till I searched the wide storehouse of happiness over. / It is filled from the cellar well up to the skies, / With things meant to gladden the heart and the eyes. / The doors are unlocked, you can enter each room, / That lies like a beautiful garden in bloom.