Is life a boon? <br />If so, it must befall <br />That Death, whene'er he call, <br />Must call too soon. <br />Though fourscore years he give <br />Yet one would pray to live <br />Another moon! <br />What kind of plaint have I, <br />Who perish in July? <br />I might have had to die <br />Perchance in June! <br /> <br />Is life a thorn? <br />Then count it not a whit! <br />Man is well done with it; <br />Soon as he's born <br />He should all means essay <br />To put the plague away; <br />And I, war-worn, <br />Poor captured fugitive, <br />My life most gladly give - <br />I might have had to live <br />Another morn!<br /><br />William Schwenck Gilbert<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/is-life-a-boon/
