When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit --
Rest if you must, but don't you
quit.
For life is queer with its twists
and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns.
And many a person turns about,
When she might have won had she
stuck it out.
Don't give up though the pace seems
slow,
You may succeed with another blow.
Often the goal is nearer than it
seems
To the faint and struggling heart;
Often the struggler has given up,
When he might have captured the
victor's cup --
And he learned too late when night
came down,
How close he was to the golden
crown.
Success is failure turned inside
out --
The silver tint of the clouds of
doubt.
And you never can tell how close
you are,
It may be near when it seems afar
So stick to the fight when you're
hardest hit,
It's when things seem worst that
you must
not quit.
Anonymous