For it’s always fair weather
When good fellows get together
With a stein on the table and a good song ringing clear.

The lines celebrate conviviality as a kind of emotional climate: companionship, drink, and communal song can make any moment feel like “fair weather,” regardless of literal conditions. The “stein” and “good song” evoke a bohemian, clubby sociability—pleasures that are ordinary and repeatable, not heroic—suggesting that warmth and cheer are created collectively rather than granted by circumstance. In Hovey’s idiom, the fellowship of “good fellows” becomes a small secular ritual that dispels gloom and affirms belonging. The quote’s enduring appeal lies in its simple equation of community with resilience and joy.