THEN LAUGH-----BY Bertha Adam Bockers

Build for yourself a strong box,

 

Fashion each part with care;

 

When it is strong as your hands can make it,

 

Put all your troubles there;

 

 

 

 

Hide there all thoughts of your failures,

 

And each bitter cup that you quaff;

 

Lock all your heartaches within it,

 

Then sit on the lid and laugh.

 

 

 

 

Tell no on else its contents,

 

Never its secret share;

 

When you’ve dropped in your care and worry,

 

Keep them forever there;

 

 

 

 

Hide them from sight so completely,

 

That the world will never dream half;

 

Fasten the strong box securely,

 

Then sit on the lid and laugh.