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“To Sunnydale” by Robert W. Service 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇦 (16 Jan 1874 – 11 Sep 1958)
There lies the trail to Sunnydale,
Amid the lure of laughter.
Oh, how can we unhappy be
Beneath its leafy rafter!
Each perfect hour is like a flower,
Each day is like a posy.
How can you say the skies are grey?
You’re wrong, my friend, they’re rosy.
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With right good will let’s climb the hill,
And leave behind all sorrow.
Oh, we’ll be gay! a bright to-day
Will make a bright to-morrow.
Oh, we’ll be strong! the way is long
That never has a turning;
The hill is high, but there’s the sky,
And how the West is burning!
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And if through chance of circumstance
We have to go bare-foot, sir,
We’ll not repine—a friend of mine
Has got no feet to boot, sir.
This Happiness a habit is,
And Life is what we make it:
See! there’s the trail to Sunnydale!
Up, friend! and let us take it.