Let's be brave

Let's Be Brave

Let's be brave when the laughter dies

And the tears come into our troubled eyes,

Let's cling to the faith and the old belief

When the skies grow gray with the clouds of grief,

Let's bear the sorrow and hurt and pain

And wait till the laughter comes again.

Let's be brave when the trials come

And our hearts are sad and our lips are dumb,

Let's strengthen ourselves in the times of test

By whispering softly that God knows best;

Let us still believe, though we cannot know,

We shall learn sometime it is better so.

Let's be brave when the joy departs,

Till peace shall come to our troubled hearts,

For the tears must fall and the rain come down

And each brow be pressed to the thorny crown;

Yet after the dark shall the sun arise,

So let's be brave when the laughter dies.

~ Edgar A. Guest (1881 - 1959)