Oh! if one could only learn not to care,
To be utterly indifferent storm or fair;
And to say there's always pain
With the joy, I do n't complain,
For the sunshine draws the rain
Everywhere.
Oh! if one could only learn not to feel;
To be absolutely callous, false or real;
And to let the world go by,
With a laugh to cap its sigh,
With a jest to meet its lie,
Cold as steel.