 Worth, While by Ella Wheeler Wilcox Read for LibriVox.org by Bill Mosley Trousberg, Texas, USA It is easy enough to be pleasant when life flows by like a song. But the man, worth, while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong. The test of the heart is trouble. It always comes with the years, and the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears. It is easy enough to be prudent when nothing tempts you to stray, when without or within no voice of sin is luring your soul away. But it is only a negative virtue until it is tried by fire. And the life that is worth the honor on earth is the one that resists desire. By the cynic, the sad, the fallen, who had no strength for the strife. The world's highway is numbered today. They make up the sum of life. But the virtue that conquers passion and the sorrow that hides in a smile, it is these that are worth the homage on earth. For we find them, but once in a while, end of poem. This recording is in the public domain. Worth, while by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Read for LibriVox.org by Algie Pug, Perth, Western Australia. It is easy enough to be pleasant when life flows by like a song. But the man, worth, while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong. For the test of the heart is trouble, and it always comes with the years, and the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears. It is easy enough to be prudent when nothing tempts you to stray, when without or within no voice of sin is luring your soul away. But it's only a negative virtue until it is tried by fire. And the life that is worth the honor on earth is the one that resists desire. By the cynic, the sad, the fallen, who had no strength for the strife, the world's highway is cumbered today. They make up the sum of life. But the virtue that conquers passion and the sorrow that hides in a smile is these that are worth the homage on earth, for we find them but once in a while. It is easy enough to be prudent when nothing tempts you to stray, when without or within no voice of sin is luring your soul away. But it's only a negative virtue until it is tried by fire, and the life that is worth the honor on earth is the one that resists desire. By the cynic, the sad, the fallen, who had no strength for the strife, the world's highway is cumbered today. They make up the sum of life. But the virtue that conquers passion and the sorrow that hides in a smile, it is these that are worth the homage on earth, for we find them but once in a while. End of poem, this recording is in the public domain. It is easy enough to be pleasant when life flows by like a song. But a man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong. For the test of the heart is trouble, and it always comes with the years. And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears. It is easy enough to be prudent when nothing tempts you to stray, when without or within no voice of sin is luring your soul away. But it's only a negative virtue until it is tried by fire, and the life that is worth the honor on earth is the one that resists desire. By the cynic, the sad, the fallen, who had no strength for the strife, the world's highway is numbered today, they make up the sum of life. But the virtue that conquers passion and the sorrow that hides in a smile, it is these that are worth the homage on earth, for we find them but once in a while. End of poem, this recording is in the public domain. Worthwhile by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, read for LibriVox.org by Veggro. It is easy enough to be pleasant when life flows by like a song, but the man worthwhile is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong. For the test of the heart is trouble, and it always comes with the years. And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears. It is easy enough to be prudent when nothing tempts you to stray, when without or within no voice of sin is luring your soul away, but it's only a negative virtue until it is tried by fire, and the life that is worth the honor on earth is the one that resists desire. By the cynic, the sad, the fallen, who had no strength for the strife, the world's highway is numbered today. They make up the sum of life, but the virtue that conquers passion, and the sorrow that hides in a smile, it is these that are worth the homage on earth, for we find them but once in a while. End of poem, this recording is in the public domain. It is easy enough to be pleasant when life blows by like a song, but the man worthwhile is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong. For the test of the heart is trouble, and it always comes with the years, and the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears. It is easy enough to be prudent when nothing tempts you to stray, when without or within, no voice of sin is luring your soul away, but it's only a negative virtue until it is tried by fire, and the life that is worth the honor on earth is the one that resists desire. By the cynic, the sad, the fallen, who had no strength for the strife, the world's highway is numbered today. They make up the sum of life, but the virtue that conquers passion and the sorrow that hides in a smile, it is these that are worth the homage on earth, but we find them but once in a while. End of poem, this recording is in the public domain. Worth While by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, read for levervox.org by Kathy Little. It is easy enough to be pleasant when life flows by like a song, but the man worthwhile is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong, for the test of the heart is trouble and it always comes with the years, and the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears. It is easy enough to be prudent when nothing tempts you to stray, when without or within, no voice of sin is luring your soul away, but it's only a negative virtue until it is tried by fire, and the life that is worth the honor on earth is the one that resists desire. By the cynic, the sad, the fallen, who had no strength for the strife, the world's highway is numbered today. They make up the sum of life, but the virtue that conquers passion and the sorrow that hides in a smile, it is these that are worth the homage on earth, for we find them but once in a while. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. It is easy enough to be prudent when nothing tempts you to stray, but it is only a negative virtue until it is tried by fire. The last thing that is worth the honor of nothing but the smile that shines through tears is the one that resists desire. By the cynic, the sad, the fallen, who had no strength for the strife, the world's highway is numbered today. They make up the sum of life, is in the public domain. It is easy enough to be pleasant, when life flows by like a song, but the man worthwhile is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong. For the test of the heart is trouble, and it always comes with the years, and the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears. It is easy enough to be prudent when nothing tempts you to stray, when without or within no voice of sin is luring your soul away, but it's only a negative virtue until it is tried by fire, and the life that is worth the honour on earth is the one that resists desire. By the cynic, the sad, the fallen, who had no strength for the strife, the world's highway is cumbered today, they make up the sum of life, but the virtue that conquers passion and the sorrow that hides in the smile, it is these that are worth the homage on earth, for we find them but once in a while. Worth While by Ella Wheeler-Wilcox, read for LibriVox.org, by Marie Kavanaugh. It is easy enough to be pleasant when life flows by like a song, but the man worthwhile is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong. For the test of the heart is trouble and it always comes with the years, and the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears. It is easy enough to be prudent when nothing tempts you to stray, when without or within no voice of sin is luring your soul away, but it's only a negative virtue until it is tried by fire, and the life that is worth the honor on earth is the one that resists desire. By the cynic, the sad, the fallen, who had no strength for the strife, the world's highways cumbered today, they make up the sum of life, but the virtue that conquers passion and the sorrow that hides in a smile, it is these that are worth the homage on earth, for we find them but once in a while. End of poem, this recording is in the public domain. Worthwhile by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, read for LibriVox.org by Marion Martin. It is easy enough to be pleasant when life flows by like a song, but the man worthwhile is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong. For the test of the heart is trouble, and it always comes with the years, and the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears. It is easy enough to be prudent when nothing tempts you to stray, when without or within no voice of sin is luring your soul away, but it's only a negative virtue until it is tried by fire, and the life that is worth the honour on earth is the one that resists desire. But the cynic, the sad, the fallen, who had no strength for the strife, the world's highway is cumbered today, they make up the sum of life, but the virtue that conquers passion and the sorrow that hides in a smile, it is these that are worth the homage on earth, for we find them but once in a while. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. Worth While by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Read for libruvox.org by Raven Notation. It is easy enough to be pleasant when life flows by like a song, but the man worthwhile is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong, for the test of the heart is trouble and it always comes with the years, and the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears. It is easy enough to be prudent when nothing tempts you to stray, when without or within no voice of sin is luring your soul away, but it's only a negative virtue until it is tried by fire, and the life that is worth the honour on earth is the one that resists desire. By the cynic the sad the fallen, who had no strength for the strife, the world's highway is cumbered today, they make up the sum of life, but the virtue that conquers passion and the sorrow that hides in a smile, it is these that are worth the homage on earth, for we find them but once in a while. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. Worthwhile by Ella Wheeler-Wilcox, read for LibriVox.org by Secrets. It is easy enough to be pleasant when life flows by like a song, but the man worthwhile is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong, for the test of the heart is trouble, and it always comes with the years, and the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears. It is easy enough to be prudent when nothing tempts you to stray, when without or within no voice of sin is luring your soul away, but it's only a negative virtue until it is tried by fire, and the life that is worth the honor on earth is the one that resists desire. By the cynic, the sad, the fallen, who had no strength for the strife, the world's highway is cumbered today, they make up the sum of life, but the virtue that conquers passion and the sorrow that hides in a smile, it is these that are worth the homage on earth, for we find them but once in a while. End of poem, this recording is in the public domain. Worthwhile by Ella Wheeler-Wilcox, read for LibriVox.org by Veronica Jenkins. It is easy enough to be pleasant when life flows by like a song, but the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong, for the test of the heart is trouble and it always comes with the years, and the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears. It is easy enough to be prudent when nothing tempts you to stray, when without or within no voice of sin is luring your soul away. But it's only a negative virtue until it is tried by fire, and the life that is worth the honor on earth is the one that resists desire. By the cynic, the sad, the fallen, who had no strength for the strife, the world's highway is cumbered today, they make up the sum of life, but the virtue that conquers passion and the soul that hides in a smile, it is these that are worth the homage on earth, for we find them but once in a while. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. Worthwhile by Ella Wheeler-Wilcox, read for LibriVox.org by Vicente. It is easy enough to be pleasant when life flows by like a song, but the man worthwhile is the one who use smile when everything goes that wrong. For the test of the heart is trouble and it always comes with the years, and the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through the years. It is easy not to be prudent when nothing tempts you to stray, when without everything no voice of sin is luring your soul away. It's only a negative virtue, until it's tried by fire, and the life that is worth the honor on earth is the one that resists desire. By the cynic, the sad, the fallen, who had no strength for the strife, the world's highway is covered to day they make up the sum of life. But the virtue that conquers passion, and the soul that hides in a smile, it's these that are worth the homage on earth, for we find them but once in a while. End of poem.