By anonymous
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the
road you’re trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts high,
And you want to smile, but have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest! If you must; but don’t quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As everyone
of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he
might have won had he stuck it out;
Don’t give up, though the pace seems slow;
You might succeed with another blow.
Often the goal is nearer than
It seems to a faint and faltering
man,
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor’s
cup,
And he
learned too late, when the night slipped 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 mustn’t quit.
