All idylls fail, all arches fall
all human effort comes to nought
For every winner you must call
a loser in each battle fought
Each silver lining has a cloud
Each bright side shows the other dark
and ev'ry optimism avowed
reminds us that life can be stark
And yet through all this doom and gloom
we raise our heads and carry on
For tho' it's dark now in this room
at other times the sun has shone
And sure the sun is shining now
in other rooms, on other men
and all we have to do is go
to where the sun will shine again.