Life Let Us Cherish

 

Life let us cherish while yet the taper glows,

And the fresh flower pluck ere it close;

Why are ye fond of toil and care,

Why choose the rankling thorn to wear,

And heedless by the lily stray

Which blossoms in our way.

 Wild Blue Water Flag
(Iris)

When clouds obscure the atmosphere

And fork'd lightning rend the air,

The sun resumes his silvery crest

And smiles adorn the west

The genial season soon is o'er,

Then let us quit the shore,

Contentment's cell it is life's rest

The sunshine of the breast

Away with every toil and care

And cease the rankling thorn to wear,

With manful heart the conflict meet,

Till death sounds his retreat.

Life Let Us Cherish/All The Blue Bonnets

Pa's Fiddle Band

(2010)

"Life Let Us Cherish"

Johann Martin Usteri

(1763-1827)

Swiss poet