Anonymous
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.
Life is queer with its twists and its turns, As
everyone of us sometimes learns, And many a
failure turns about When they might have won,
had they 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 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 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 so far;
So stick to the fight when you’re
hardest hit, It’s when things
seem worst that you