You Smile Upon Your Friend To-Day by Alfred Edward Housman

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You smile upon your friend to-day,
To-day his ills are over;
You hearken to the lover's say,
And happy is the lover.

'Tis late to hearken, late to smile,
But better late than never;
I shall have lived a little while
Before I die for ever.

More from Alfred Edward Housman:

• When I Was One-And-Twenty
• Loveliest Of Trees, The Cherry Now
• The Carpenter’s Son
• Along The Field As We Came By
• Be Still, My Soul, Be Still
• Here Dead We Lie