THERE’S A TIME TO BE JOLLY

THERE’S a time to be jolly, a time to repent,

A season for folly, a season for Lent,

The first as the worst we too often regard;

The rest as the best, but our judgment is hard.

There are snows in December and Roses in June,

There’s darkness at midnight and sunshine at noon;

But, were there no sorrow, no storm-cloud or rain,

Who’d care for the morrow with beauty again.