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Victor Hugo - Oh, Why Not Be Happy?
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[RUY BLAS, Act II.]


Oh, why not be happy this bright summer day,
`Mid perfume of roses and newly-mown hay?
Great Nature is smiling--the birds in the air
Sing love-lays together, and all is most fair.
          Then why not be happy
            This bright summer day,
          `Mid perfume of roses
            And newly-mown hay?

The streamlets they wander through meadows so fleet,
Their music enticing fond lovers to meet;
The violets are blooming and nestling their heads
In richest profusion on moss-coated beds.
          Then why not be happy
            This bright summer day,
          When Nature is fairest
            And all is so gay?
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