<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=357572" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>George Jones Reflects</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">It's up an' down, as me father said,<br>An' his as went before him <br>Good days could never turn his head<br>Nor the worst of seasons floor him.<br>(Said old george Jones). I've heard him say<br>Full many a time an' often,<br>'The man who knows no evil day<br>Ain't toughened so he can out-stay<br>Good times, in which men soften.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">See-saw. 'Tis the older law<br>That's ruled the world since Adam.<br>If men ain't sipped the bitter cup,<br>How can the good days cheer 'em up?<br>They never know they had 'em.<br>So, by-an'-large, I'm sorter glad<br>I've had a chance to share 'em <br>These long, lean years we've lately had.<br>Now good years come we've got the bad<br>With which we can compare 'em.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I've heard men say the land is done<br>Because the hard times fool 'em.<br>Poor simple loons, they ain't begun<br>To know the laws wot rule 'em.<br>'Men ain't learned yet to live on air,'<br>I've hard my ole dad chuckle.<br>'Stick to the land. All wealth lies where<br>Earth bids all men to seek it, e'er<br>When life gets near the knuckle.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">See-saw. 'Tis the olden law;<br>An' laws help them as learned 'em.<br>An' us ole stagers wot held fast<br>To earth, now clear days down at last,<br>Why, praise the Lord, we've earned 'em.<br>Hard earned (said old George Jones) most ways<br>High prized. New loads is lighter,<br>Us, who held fast can well spare praise,<br>Aye, even for then strengthenin' days<br>That makes these good days brighter.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Clarence+Michael+James+Stanislaus+Dennis">Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=357572" data-title="George Jones Reflects de Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis" data-description="It's up an' down, as me father said, An' his as went before him Good days could never turn his head Nor the worst of seasons floor him. (Said old george Jones). I've heard him say Full many a time an' often, 'The man who knows no evil day Ain't t..."></div> </div> </div>

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