Solace lyrics

There was a rose that faded young;

I saw its shattered beauty hung

Upon a broken stem.

I heard them say, "What need to care

With roses budding everywhere?"

I did not answer them.

There was a bird, brought down to die;

They said, "A hundred fill the sky-

What reason to be sad?"

There was a girl, whose lover fled;

I did not wait, the while they said,

"There's many another lad."

• Artist:Dorothy Parker