Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NEVER DESPAIR, by WILLIAM SMITH O'BRIEN First Line: Never despair! Let the feeble in spirit Last Line: Never despair -- boys -- oh! Never despair. Subject(s): Consolation | ||||||||
Never despair! Let the feeble in spirit Bow like the willow that stoops to the blast. Droop not in peril! 'T is manhood's true merit Nobly to struggle and hope to the last. When by the sunshine of fortune forsaken Faint sinks the heart of the feeble with fear, Stand like the oak of the forest -- unshaken, Never despair -- Boys -- oh! never despair. Never despair! Though adversity rages, Fiercely and fell as the surge on the shore, Firm as the rock of the ocean for ages, Stem the rude torrent till danger is o'er. Fate with its whirlwind our joys may all sever, True to ourselves, we have nothing to fear. Be this our hope and our anchor for ever -- Never despair -- Boys -- oh! never despair. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SHAKESPEARE'S GRAVE by ROBINSON JEFFERS RECOMPENSE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE WILLOW by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON EINSTEIN by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH HOLDERLIN'S JOURNEY by EDWIN MUIR THE PRODIGAL SON by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON ILKA BLADE O' GRASS KEPS ITS AIN DRAP O' DEW by JAMES BALLANTYNE COMFORT by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING REMBRANDT TO REMBRANDT by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON HEART'S FIRST WORD (2) by ISAAC ROSENBERG THE CANTERBURY TALES: THE GENERAL PROLOGUE by GEOFFREY CHAUCER |
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