Sons do not need you. They are always out of your reach, Walking strange waters.
Ladies with curly hair / Have time to spare.
A lover would find life less broken apart after a misguided love affair if they could feel that they had been sinful rather than foolish.
O, merry is the Optimist, With the troops of courage leaguing. But a dour trend In any friend Is somehow less fatiguing.
A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away.
I have read that during the process of canonization the Catholic Church demands proof of joy in the candidate, and although I have not been able to track down chapter and verse I like the suggestion that dourness is not a sacred attribute.