Current mood:	cold
Current music:	jack's lament.

i wanted to make this alter!username mainly because of the discussion i had with muffins... and this poem.

Laugh, and the world laughs with you;

Weep and you weep alone,

For the sad old earth must borrow it's mirth,

But has trouble enough of it's own.

Sing, and the hills will answer;

Sigh, it is lost on the air,

The echoes bound to a joyful sound,

But shrink from voicing care.



Rejoice, and men will seek you;

Grieve, and they turn and go.

They want full measure of all your pleasure,

But they do not need your woe.

Be glad, and your friends are many;

Be sad, and you lose them all,-

There are none to decline your nectared wine,

But alone you must drink life's gall.



Feast and your halls are crowded;

Fast, and the world goes by.

Succeed and give, and it helps you live,

But no man can help you die.

There is room in the halls of pleasure

For a long and lordly train,

But one by one we must all file on

Through the narrow aisles of pain.