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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ENDEAVOR, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography
First Line: If at first you don't succeed'
Last Line: One reaches best.
Subject(s): Perseverance
First Line: If at first you don't succeed'
Last Line: One reaches best.
Subject(s): Perseverance
"If at first you don't succeed,
Try, try again," --
That's a manly sort of creed
For boys and men.
Trying doesn't cost a cent,
May win a prize;
Men that mope in discontent
Will never rise.
There is magic in a try,
Vigor and vim;
He that trusts in "by and by,"
Look out for him!
You will never know your strength
Without a test;
Just by Better Street at length
One reaches Best.
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COMPENSATION by RICHARD ALDINGTON
THE DEAD RIDE FAST by RICHARD PALMER BLACKMUR
A BATTLE SONG (WRITTEN IN THE WORLD WAR) by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS