Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SUCCESS, by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER


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SUCCESS, by                    
First Line: Success is in thinking and not in mere wealth
Last Line: He measures in money his thought of success.
Subject(s): Money; Success; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes


Success is in thinking and not in mere wealth,
And nothing is failure unless it be health
That is wrecked by the worry and care in the strife
For money and gain in the business of life;
If we throw all our burdens and cares to the wind,
Make the most of our joys, take the best that we find,
Success is assured, though poverty's blight
Has turned day-time hopes to the darkness of night.

The men with the millions (which they've never earned)
Are oft-times the failures when rightly discerned;
They're results of a system which gives to a class
The fruits of the work of the dumb driven mass;
And the disgruntled folks who loudly inveigh
Against those who have, are in much the same way,
Success is not theirs, and never will be,
Till they think right, and work for humanity.

The man who produces deserves our acclaim,
Irrespective of wealth, irrespective of name,
Vain-glorious fools will say "Money talks,"
But the truest success such sophistry mocks;
The simple "Well done," when merited, brings
An honor which places its earner with kings;
And no man's a failure, nor can be, unless
He measures in Money his thought of success.





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