Classic Poem

Couplet

Oftener have I been seen in funeral train,
Than at the nuptial or baptismal fete:
From many loving hearts I've chased the pain,
That they themselves would fondly aggravate

Richly, O God! by thee was I endowed,
Nor power nor wisdom falling to my lot:
A fund of gaiety am I allowed,
That sorrow's troubled spirit troubles not