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Live in the sunshine, don't live in the gloom, Carry some gladness the world to illume. Live in the brightness, and take this to heart; The world will seem gayer if you'll do your part. Live on the housetop, not down in the cell; Open air Christians live nobly and well. Live where the joys are, and, scorning defeat, Have a good-morrow for all whom you meet. Live as a victor, and triumphing go Through this queer world, beating down every foe. Live in the sunshine, God meant it for you! Live as the robins, and sing the day through.
Live in the sunshine, don't live in the gloom, Carry some gladness the world to illume. Live in the brightness, and take this to heart; The world will seem gayer if you'll do your part. Live on the housetop, not down in the cell; Open air Christians live nobly and well. Live where the joys are, and, scorning defeat, Have a good-morrow for all whom you meet. Live as a victor, and triumphing go Through this queer world, beating down every foe. Live in the sunshine, God meant it for you! Live as the robins, and sing the day through.
In print by 1911 AD · modern
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- Margaret Sangster
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- In print by 1911 AD · modern
In print by 1911: recorded in The Optimist’s Good Morning (1911). Collection publication is an upper bound for this wording, not its earliest origin, composition date or the author's lifetime.
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- The Optimist’s Good Morning (1911) (1911 AD)
Complete signed selection 133; printed byline: Margaret Sangster; Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911; printed copyright 1907
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