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Title
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Life let us cherish
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Singer
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Howse Family
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Song Lyrics
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Chorus
Life let us cherish,
While yet the taper glows,
And the fresh floweret
Pluck ere it close.
Verse 1
Why are we fond of toil and care?
Why choose the rankling thorn to wear,
And heedless by the lily stray
That blossoms in our way?
Chorus
Verse 2
When clouds obscure the atmosphere,
And forked lightnings rent the air,
The sun resumes his silvery crest,
And smiles a-down the west.
Chorus
Verse 3
The genial seasons soon are o'er,
The let us, ere we quit this shore,
Contentment seek; it is life's best -
The sunshine of the breast.
Chorus
Verse 4
Away with every toil and care!
And cease the rankling thorn to wear;
With manful hearts life conflicts meet,
Till death sounds the retreat.
Chorus
