Why will so many people now
Give way to frenzied fear?
Why will they act as though they thought
Swift Death were lurking near?
E'en if Disease now stalks abroad
And Death rides on the air,
'Tis not the time for craven acts,
But courage everywhere.
I wonder if they stop to think
How soon the war'd be won
If sons of theirs showed half the fear
That they of late have done?
And why fear death—eternal life?
I would not be the one
To strive to stay on this poor earth
With sacred tasks undone.
So, why not chirk up just a bit
And say good-bye to fear?
The world now needs much cheering up—
Pray help supply the cheer.