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WHICH DO YOU CHOOSE ?
WHICH DO YOU CHOOSE ?
Cheer up and fill the world with a cheerful sound,
and let your merry voice fill all the world.
Don't be afraid of life as time will pass
whether your heart is frail or made of brass.
This life is like a dog if you fear it,
it barks, attacks and even tries to bite.
If you are firm, it howls and runs away
and hides itself where it can safely stay.
Rejoice and dance whatever comes to you
as time is fixed; you can't live overdue.
If you can't add to your fixed life a day,
Why should you spend it with a tearful eye.
Delight in life; the graves are full of men.
Some spent their lives with joy and some with strain.
The first have got great names on every mouth;
the second are recalled for mocking mirth.
BY JOSEPH ZENIEH
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Cheer up and fill the world with a cheerful sound,
and let your merry voice fill all the world.
Don't be afraid of life as time will pass
whether your heart is frail or made of brass.
This life is like a dog if you fear it,
it barks, attacks and even tries to bite.
If you are firm, it howls and runs away
and hides itself where it can safely stay.
Rejoice and dance whatever comes to you
as time is fixed; you can't live overdue.
If you can't add to your fixed life a day,
Why should you spend it with a tearful eye.
Delight in life; the graves are full of men.
Some spent their lives with joy and some with strain.
The first have got great names on every mouth;
the second are recalled for mocking mirth.
BY JOSEPH ZENIEH
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Published 24th Aug 2018
| Edited 26th Aug 2018
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24th Aug 2018 9:46pm
25th Aug 2018 2:42pm
Very dear Tig,
Thank you very much for your nice comment. Why don't you write new poems?
Thank you very much for your nice comment. Why don't you write new poems?
25th Aug 2018 6:13pm
This life is like a dog if you fear it,
it barks, attacks and even try to bite.
You are missing a comma here and the last verb is not conjugated correctly. The second line should read:
... attacks, and even tries to bite.
And is it true that life runs away and hides if you are firm towards it? That's essentially what you say when you assert that
lf you are firm, it howls and runs away
and hides itself where it can safely stay.
So once again you seem to be more interested in getting rhymes than in making sense. Your desire to do so ends you up in spouting absurdities.
it barks, attacks and even try to bite.
You are missing a comma here and the last verb is not conjugated correctly. The second line should read:
... attacks, and even tries to bite.
And is it true that life runs away and hides if you are firm towards it? That's essentially what you say when you assert that
lf you are firm, it howls and runs away
and hides itself where it can safely stay.
So once again you seem to be more interested in getting rhymes than in making sense. Your desire to do so ends you up in spouting absurdities.
27th Aug 2018 12:53pm
