Have little care that Life is brief,
And less that Art is long.
Success is in the silences
Though Fame is in the song.
Source: Envoy, Songs from Vagabondia, 1894.
-- Bliss Carman, (Apr 15 1861-1929), Canadian poet, author; His volumes of popular verse included Sappho, 1902 and Songs from Vagabondia, 1894.