1983
Life
Composed by 
Zenobia Powell Perry
Zenobia Powell Perry Text by 
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Paul Laurence Dunbar Cycle of Songs on Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar Song Collection
"Life" is part of Zenobia Powell Perry's song cycle Cycle of Songs on Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Text
Life
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in,
A minute to smile and an hour to weep in,
A pint of joy to a peck of trouble,
And never a laugh but the moans come double;
And that is life!
A crust and a corner that love makes precious,
With a smile to warm and the tears to refresh us;
And joy seems sweeter when cares come after,
And a moan is the finest of foils for laughter;
And that is life!