Curtain + 

When one has lived + 

’Tis not so hard + 

To fold the hands, + 

To say, “Good-night,” + 

And creep away + 

Behind the dark; + 

But ’tis not strange + 

The heart rebels + 

When sounds of night + 

Ring down the day + 

That was a weary, joyless way + 

From early dawn + 

To setting sun: + 

How eagerly we trail the light + 

For crumbs of happiness we fend, + 

And struggle, struggle⁠—to the end! + 