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Edgar Guest - The Right To Joy
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I DO not ask for roses all the time, 
For blue skies bending o`er me every day, 
I do not ask for easy hills to climb, 
And always for my feet a pleasant way. 
In laughter I would not spend all my life, 
And miss the joy of sweet and sacred pain; 
I want to know life`s burden and its strife, 
And feel upon my cheek the splash of rain.

I merely pray for strength enough to bear
My burdens, and to tread the rugged way; 
To keep the right, howe`er beset with care,
To stand, unflinching, face front, to the fray. 
And I would claim life`s roses for my own,
But I would win my right to know their sweet; 
To level paths I`d march my way alone,
For victory I`d venture with defeat.
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