<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384279" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Song Of Life</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">In the rapture of life and of living, <br> I lift up my head and rejoice, <br>And I thank the great Giver for giving<br> The soul of my gladness a voice.<br>In the glow of the glorious weather, <br> In the sweet-scented, sensuous air, <br>My burdens seem light as a feather –<br> They are nothing to bear.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In the strength and the glory of power, <br> In the pride and the pleasure of wealth<br>(For who dares dispute me my dower<br> Of talents and youth-time and health?) , <br>I can laugh at the world and its sages –<br> I am greater than seers who are sad, <br>For he is most wise in all ages<br> Who knows how to be glad.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I lift up my eyes to Apollo, <br> The god of the beautiful days, <br>And my spirit soars off like a swallow, <br> And is lost in the light of its rays.<br>Are tou troubled and sad? I beseech you<br> Come out of the shadows of strife –<br>Come out in the sun while I teach you<br> The secret of life.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Come out of the world – come above it –<br> Up over its crosses and graves, <br>Though the green earth is fair and I love it, <br> We must love it as masters, not slaves.<br>Come up where the dust never rises –<br> But only the perfume of flowers –<br>And your life shall be glad with surprises<br> Of beautiful hours.<br>Come up where the rare golden wine is<br> Apollo distills in my sight, <br>And your life shall be happy as mine is, <br> And as full of delight.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ella+Wheeler+Wilcox">Ella Wheeler Wilcox</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=384279" data-title="A Song Of Life de Ella Wheeler Wilcox" data-description="In the rapture of life and of living, I lift up my head and rejoice, And I thank the great Giver for giving The soul of my gladness a voice. In the glow of the glorious weather, In the sweet-scented, sensuous air, My burdens seem light as a..."></div> </div> </div>

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