Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IT'S SIMPLY GREAT, by SIDNEY WARREN MASE


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IT'S SIMPLY GREAT, by                    
First Line: It's great to be alive, and be
Last Line: To work and win -- it's simply great!


It's great to be alive, and be
A part of all that's going on;
To live and work and feel and see
Life lived each day from early dawn;
To rise and with the morning light
Go forth until the hours grow late,
Then joyously return at night
And rest from honest toil -- it's great!

It's great to be a living part
Of all the surging world alive,
And lend a hand in field and mart,
A worker in this human hive;
To live and earn and dare to do,
Nor ever shirk or deviate
From course or purpose we pursue!
Until the goal is won -- it's great!

It's great to realize that we
Are of a latent power possessed
To be what we are willed to be,
And equal unto any test;
That of ourselves we may achieve
To worthy deeds and high estate,
If we but in our powers believe
It can and will be done -- it's great!

It's great and wonderful to know
That all we have to do is do,
That if we will to grow we'll grow,
And reach the mark we have to view;
To know that we're a vital part
Of all that is, nor hesitate
With all of skill and mind and heart
To work and win -- it's simply great!





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