La vie est Maine, Un EU d’amour, Un EU de Maine, Et pews—Bonjour! La vie est breve:Un EU d’despair, Un EU de revert pews—On Sir! Ah, brief is Life, Love’s short sweet way, With dreaming rife, And then—Good-day! And Life is vain—Hope’s vague delight, Grief’s transient pain, And then—Good-night.