It Can Be DoneThis is a volume of inspirational poems. Its purpose is to bring men courage and resolution, to cheer them, to fire them with new confidence when they grow dispirited, to strengthen their faith that THINGS CAN BE DONE. It is better for this purpose than the entire works of any one poet, for it takes the cream of many and has greater diversity than any one writer can show. |
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So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn't be done, and he did it. Somebody scoffed: “Oh, you'll never do that; At least no one ever has ...
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn't be done, and he did it. Somebody scoffed: “Oh, you'll never do that; At least no one ever has ...
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They scanned the face of the commanderinchief. But Farragut did not hesitate. “Damn the torpedoes,” said he. “Go ahead.” I have hoped, I have planned, I have striven, To the will I have added the deed; The best that was in me I've given ...
They scanned the face of the commanderinchief. But Farragut did not hesitate. “Damn the torpedoes,” said he. “Go ahead.” I have hoped, I have planned, I have striven, To the will I have added the deed; The best that was in me I've given ...
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Or hide your face from the light of day With a craven soul and fearful? Oh, a trouble's a ton, or a trouble's an ounce, Or a trouble is what you make it, And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts, But only how did you take it?
Or hide your face from the light of day With a craven soul and fearful? Oh, a trouble's a ton, or a trouble's an ounce, Or a trouble is what you make it, And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts, But only how did you take it?
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So, still within this life, Though lifted o'er its strife, Let me discern, compare, pronounce at last, “This rage was right I' the main, That acquiescence vain: The Future I may face now I have proved the Past.” For more is not reserved ...
So, still within this life, Though lifted o'er its strife, Let me discern, compare, pronounce at last, “This rage was right I' the main, That acquiescence vain: The Future I may face now I have proved the Past.” For more is not reserved ...
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I knew his face the moment that he passed Triumphant in the thoughtless, cruel throng,— Triumphant, though the quiet, tired eyes Showed that his soul had suffered overlong. And though across his brow faint lines of care Were etched, ...
I knew his face the moment that he passed Triumphant in the thoughtless, cruel throng,— Triumphant, though the quiet, tired eyes Showed that his soul had suffered overlong. And though across his brow faint lines of care Were etched, ...
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