Never doubting from the start; “tried and true.”
The days seemed often long; but his song
Rang brave and strong; just the song
Of the wares he had to sell;
Of the news they had to tell—
Good and bad alike as well, for the throng.
And he worked, and worked away, every day,
With his heart as light and gay, as the May;
And he did his level best, late and early;
Never grumbling, never sad, and never surly;