SO WE CARE NO T.

SO WE CARE NOT.

AH, sweet Life, you cheat us always when we

put our trust in thee ;

Only when we doubt and care not do you give us

gear and fee ;

Only when we flout and scorn you do you treat us

tenderly ;

Only when we build above you are we really rich

and free.

Like a woman, if you follow, she will turn and

walk away ;

If you plead her heart is hardened and she only

answers & quot; Nay ; & quot;

If you laugh and look beyond her she will closely

by you stay ;

Let her find your heart is higher, she will court you

every day.

Seek for friends, and they forsake you ; live for

love, you lose it all ;

Live to love, and love will give you drink of ashes

steeped in gall ;

Build your own, and all will aid you, so you build

not weak nor small,

Love your own and all will bring you loving gifts

to heap your hall.