TNPSC English Study Material- poems

TNPSC English Study Material- Poems

Lough and Be Merry – by John Masefield.

Laugh and be merry, remember, better the world with a song.
Better the world with a blow in the teeth of a wrong.
Laugh, for the time is brief, a thread the length of a span.
Laugh and be proud to belong to the old proud pageant of man

Laugh and be merry: remember, in olden time,
God made Heaven and Earth for joy He took in a rhyme,
Made them, and filled them full with the strong red wine of His mirth
The splendid joy of the stare: the joy of the earth

So we must laugh and Milk from the deep blue cup of the sky,
Join the jubilant song of the great stars sweeping by,
Laugh, and battle, and work, and drink of the wine outpoured
In the dear green earth, the sign of the joy of the Lord.

Laugh and be many together, like brothers akin
Guesting awhile In the rooms of a beautiful inn,
Glad till the dancing stops, and the lilt of the music ends.
Laugh till the game Is played; and be you merry, my friends

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NOTE: The Above poem was unedited and has been taken from Tamil Text book for easy reference for the people preparing for the TNPSC Exams.