Brush away the tears within your eyes, <br />Sweep out all despair and smile once more. <br />Let the years leave you with feelings wise, <br />Keeping all you've gleaned, safely in store. <br /> <br />Use this knowledge profoundly when you can, <br />Waste it not, your days have fruitful been. <br />Value all you've learnt since your life began, <br />And find happiness in everything you've seen. <br /> <br />Brush away the tears within your eyes, <br />Let sunshine freely enter and take their place. <br />And as the weeping seeps away and dries, <br />A happier time of life, you will embrace. <br /> <br />For there is always hopefulness in the soul, <br />Such brightness hidden there behind the cloud. <br />Making our melancholy spirits whole, <br />When smiling once more, we feel truly endowed.<br /><br />Ernestine Northover<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/smile-once-more-2/
