Don't Quit!!!!

"When Things Go Wrong"

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will

And 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.

Life is queer with its twists and turns

As everyone of us sometimes learns,

And many a failure has been turned about,

And he might have won if 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 on the cloud of doubt,

And you never know how close you are,

It may be near when it seems afar.

So, stick to the fight when you are hardest hit,

It's when things seem worst, that you must not quit.

By Edgar Guest