Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses, The

<p><SPAN name="link2H_4_0012" id="link2H_4_0012"></SPAN></p> <h2> Grin </h2> <p>If you're up against a bruiser and you're getting knocked about &mdash;<br/> Grin.<br/> If you're feeling pretty groggy, and you're licked beyond a doubt &mdash;<br/> Grin.<br/> Don't let him see you're funking, let him know with every clout,<br/> Though your face is battered to a pulp, your blooming heart is stout;<br/> Just stand upon your pins until the beggar knocks you out &mdash;<br/> And grin.<br/> This life's a bally battle, and the same advice holds true<br/> Of grin.<br/> If you're up against it badly, then it's only one on you,<br/> So grin.<br/> If the future's black as thunder, don't let people see you're blue;<br/> Just cultivate a cast-iron smile of joy the whole day through;<br/> If they call you "Little Sunshine", wish that <i>THEY'D</i> no troubles, too &mdash;<br/> You may &mdash; grin.<br/> Rise up in the morning with the will that, smooth or rough,<br/> You'll grin.<br/> Sink to sleep at midnight, and although you're feeling tough,<br/> Yet grin.<br/> There's nothing gained by whining, and you're not that kind of stuff;<br/> You're a fighter from away back, and you <i>WON'T</i> take a rebuff;<br/> Your trouble is that you don't know when you have had enough &mdash;<br/> Don't give in.<br/> If Fate should down you, just get up and take another cuff;<br/> You may bank on it that there is no philosophy like bluff,<br/> And grin.<br/></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />