And so I sing and sigh and curse—

All life doth sing and sigh and curse.

The joy of love is in my song,

I sigh for pleasures yet untasted—

For things I dream—o’er moments wasted

And sometimes interrupt my song

With clenched fist to curse a wrong—

It is a joy to curse a wrong.

And so I sing and sigh and curse—

All life doth sing and sigh and curse.