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ENDEAVOR by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS

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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