Forgive and Forget

I was browsing thru the antique book of poetry... and found this. Good for me, good for all.

Oh forgive and forget, for this life is too fleeting
To waste it in brooding o're wrongs we have met;
It is better, far better to smother our anger
To teach the proud hear to forgive and forget

Oh forgive and forget
Oh forgive and forget
Teach your proud heart to forgive and forget

In the path we must tread, leading down to the valley
Are crosses and trials to lift and to bear
And the chalice of life, from which we're now drinking
Oft bears to out lips drops of sorrow and care

Oh forgive and forget
Oh forgive and forget
Teach your proud heart to forgive and forget

But this life is so short, be it sunshine or shadow
That we cannot afford to brood o're a wrong
Let us lift up and burdens and bear them on bravely
We'll lay them down shortly, it cannot be long.

Oh forgive and forget
Oh forgive and forget
Teach your proud heart to forgive and forget

Then forgive and forget, if the friends we loved fondly
Prove themselves to be unworthy of trust
Deal with them kindly, for they are but mortals
And erring like us, for we, too are but dust!

Oh forgive and forget
Oh forgive and forget
Teach your proud heart to forgive and forget