I have lived and i have loved
I have waked and i have slept
I have sung and i have danced
I have smiled and i have wept
I have won and wasted treasure
I have had my fill of pleasure
And all these things were weariness
And some of them were dreariness
And all these things-but two things
Were emptiness and pain
And Love-it was the best of them
And Sleep-worth all the rest of them
-Charles Mackay