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 don't complain,

For the sunshine draws the rain

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,